1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Pennsylvania
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Pennsylvania
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Pennsylvania | $248.8 billion | 416.9 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 4.1 | 4.2 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food and kindred products | 16.9 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 10.6 |
| Primary metal products | 7.1 |
| Machinery, including computers | 6.9 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 5.6 |
| Other commodities | 52.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 22.8 |
| Coal | 19.3 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 18.0 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 9.2 |
| Food or kindred products | 8.0 |
| Other commodities | 22.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 35.3 |
| New York | 8.5 |
| New Jersey | 8.4 |
| Ohio | 4.5 |
| Maryland | 4.5 |
| California | 3.4 |
| Other States | 35.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 61.9 |
| Maryland | 7.0 |
| New York | 5.7 |
| New Jersey | 4.7 |
| Ohio | 3.8 |
| Delaware | 2.9 |
| Other States | 14.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 11.4 | 0.2 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 80.7 | 72.2 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.1 | - | |
| Rail | 2.9 | 16.9 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.9 | 8.1 | |
| Pipeline* | - | - | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.9 | 2.5 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Pennsylvania
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 28.9 | 56.8 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 15.5 | 13.2 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 19.2 | 16.5 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 13.9 | 8.1 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 8.0 | 2.6 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 4.3 | 0.7 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.0 | ** |
| 2,000 miles or more | 5.2 | 0.7 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
* CFS data for pipelines exclude most shipments of crude oil.
** Some or all data suppressed to avoid disclosure or because data are statistically unreliable.
- Represents zero or less than 1 unit of measurement.
NOTE: Data are estimates based on a sample and subject to error. 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).