90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Pennsylvania
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 236.11 - 261.49 | 381.92 - 451.88 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 3.87 - 4.33 | 3.83 - 4.57 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food and kindred products | 15.6 - 18.3 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8.4 - 12.8 |
| Primary metal products | 6.4 - 7.7 |
| Machinery, including computers | 6.0 - 7.8 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 4.8 - 6.5 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 18.1 - 27.5 |
| Coal | 13.9 - 24.8 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 8.8 - 27.3 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 7.4 - 11.1 |
| Food or kindred products | 7.1 - 9.1 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 33.3 - 37.2 |
| New York | 7.5 - 9.5 |
| New Jersey | 7.7 - 9.1 |
| Ohio | 4.2 - 4.9 |
| Maryland | 4.0 - 5.0 |
| California | 3.0 - 3.7 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 59.0 - 64.9 |
| Maryland | 4.4 - 9.6 |
| New York | 5.2 - 6.2 |
| New Jersey | 4.1 - 5.4 |
| Ohio | 2.6 - 4.9 |
| Delaware | 1.6 - 4.2 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Pennsylvania
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 10.4 - 12.4 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 78.9 - 82.5 | 68.1 - 76.3 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.9 - 1.3 | (X) | |
| Rail | 2.1 - 3.7 | 11.1 - 22.7 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.5 - 1.3 | 5.8 - 10.5 | |
| 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 | 2.4 - 3.4 | 1.8 - 3.2 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Pennsylvania
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 27.4 - 30.4 | 52.7 - 60.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 14.5 - 16.5 | 10.6 - 15.8 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 18.4 - 20.0 | 13.4 - 19.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 13.4 - 14.4 | 6.6 - 9.6 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 7.3 - 8.7 | 2.3 - 2.9 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 3.7 - 4.3 | 0.8 - 1.2 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 3.8 - 4.8 | 0.5 - 0.9 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 0.8 - 1.2 | (X) |
| 2,000 miles or more | 4.5 - 5.9 | 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).