1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Rhode Island
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Rhode Island
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Rhode Island | $19.5 billion | 14.7 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.3 | 0.1 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Miscellaneous products of manufacturing . | 14.6 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 6.8 |
| Food or kindred products | 6.6 |
| Textile mill products | 5.9 |
| Primary metal products | 4.3 |
| Other commodities | 61.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 7.0 |
| Primary metal products | 5.7 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 4.4 |
| Textile mill products | 1.1 |
| Fabricated metal products | 0.9 |
| Other commodities | 80.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 20.9 |
| Massachusetts | 19.9 |
| New York | 7.1 |
| Connecticut | 5.6 |
| New Jersey | 5.0 |
| California | 4.9 |
| Other States | 36.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 54.2 |
| Connecticut | 4.3 |
| New York | 1.7 |
| New Jersey | 1.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.9 |
| New Hampshire | 0.5 |
| Other States | 37.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 18.2 | 0.5 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 72.8 | 97.6 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.4 | - | |
| Rail | ** | 0.2 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | - | - | |
| Pipeline* | - | - | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | ** | 0.1 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 7.6 | 1.6 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Rhode Island
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 35.3 | 81.6 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 11.2 | 8.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 14.9 | 4.2 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 4.8 | 1.1 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 6.5 | 1.1 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5.9 | 1.1 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.9 | 0.4 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 11.7 | 1.1 |
| 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).