90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Rhode Island
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 15.07 - 23.93 | 8.75 - 20.65 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.23 - 0.37 | 0.06 - 0.14 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Miscellaneous products of manufacturing . | 9.9 - 19.4 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 2.4 - 11.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 3.5 - 9.6 |
| Textile mill products | 3.0 - 8.8 |
| Primary metal products | 2.8 - 5.8 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 3.3 - 10.8 |
| Primary metal products | 1.3 - 10.2 |
| Chemicals and allied products | 1.6 - 7.2 |
| Textile mill products | 0.5 - 1.7 |
| Fabricated metal products | 0.4 - 1.3 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 16.1 - 25.6 |
| Massachusetts | 15.8 - 24.0 |
| New York | 5.7 - 8.4 |
| Connecticut | 4.3 - 7.0 |
| New Jersey | 4.1 - 5.8 |
| California | 4.0 - 5.9 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Rhode Island Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 42.2 - 66.2 |
| Connecticut | 1.3 - 7.2 |
| New York | 0.6 - 2.9 |
| New Jersey | 0.0 - 3.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 0.0 - 2.5 |
| New Hampshire | 0.0 - 1.2 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 13.3 - 23.1 | 0.2 - 0.8 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 65.8 - 79.8 | 92.3 - 102.9 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.5 - 2.3 | (X) | |
| Rail | (X) | 0.0 - 0.7 | |
| 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 | (X) | (X) | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Rhode Island
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 28.2 - 42.4 | 72.1 - 91.1 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 7.1 - 15.3 | 5.3 - 11.9 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 12.4 - 17.4 | 0.0 - 8.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 3.7 - 6.0 | 0.0 - 2.3 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 5.0 - 8.0 | 0.6 - 1.6 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 4.3 - 7.6 | 0.3 - 1.9 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 4.7 - 8.9 | 0.2 - 1.6 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.4 - 3.4 | 0.2 - 0.6 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 4.3 - 19.1 | 0.0 - 2.6 |
| 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).