90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: North Carolina
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: North Carolina
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in North Carolina (in billion $ and million tons) | 198.03 - 220.77 | 192.13 - 218.47 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 3.26 - 3.67 | 1.94 - 2.22 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Apparel or other finished textile products | 9.3 - 12.8 |
| Textile mill products | 9.9 - 11.7 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8.8 - 12.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 9.4 - 11.3 |
| Machinery, including computers | 4.7 - 13.1 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 15.5 - 22.6 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 14.0 - 19.6 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 11.0 - 19.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 10.7 - 13.5 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 8.8 - 11.9 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 36.3 - 39.9 |
| Virginia | 5.3 - 6.7 |
| Georgia | 4.7 - 7.0 |
| South Carolina | 5.2 - 5.8 |
| Florida | 3.4 - 5.0 |
| California | 3.2 - 4.2 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in North Carolina Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 67.6 - 71.6 |
| South Carolina | 6.5 - 8.1 |
| Virginia | 4.5 - 6.8 |
| New York | 0.9 - 3.5 |
| Georgia | 1.9 - 2.3 |
| Tennessee | 1.1 - 1.5 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.2 - 6.2 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 85.3 - 88.9 | 87.3 - 94.7 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.7 - 1.7 | (X) | |
| Rail | 1.3 - 1.9 | 6.1 - 8.4 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | (X) | (X) | |
| Pipeline* | (X) | (X) | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | (X) | (X) | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 1.9 - 6.5 | 1.4 - 1.8 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in North Carolina
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 23.2 - 26.2 | 50.9 - 56.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 9.4 - 11.4 | 14.6 - 18.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 16.8 - 19.1 | 12.4 - 15.0 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 19.2 - 21.2 | 7.1 - 8.7 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 13.2 - 15.5 | 3.5 - 6.1 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 3.4 - 4.4 | 0.9 - 1.5 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 2.5 - 3.1 | 0.7 - 1.3 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 0.8 - 1.2 | (X) |
| 2,000 miles or more | 4.2 - 5.6 | 0.5 - 0.9 |
| Total | (X) | (X) |
* CFS data for pipelines exclude most shipments of crude oil.
NA Not available.
X Not applicable.
NOTE: For explanation of 90-percent confidence intervals see Appendix B, "Reliability of the Data," in source document.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey, TC92-CF (Washington, DC: 1996).