1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: South Carolina
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: South Carolina
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in South Carolina | $83.6 billion | 117.2 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Textile mill products | 18.4 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 11.0 |
| Machinery, including computers | 8.4 |
| Food or kindred products | 8.1 |
| Apparel or other finished textile products . | 7.4 |
| Other commodities | 46.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products excluding furniture | 21.8 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 17.0 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 12.7 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 11.0 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 10.6 |
| Other commodities | 26.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| South Carolina | 30.5 |
| North Carolina | 12.3 |
| Georgia | 9.4 |
| Florida | 4.0 |
| Virginia | 3.7 |
| Michigan | 3.3 |
| Other States | 36.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| South Carolina | 63.5 |
| North Carolina | 12.7 |
| Georgia | 8.9 |
| Virginia | 1.6 |
| Florida | 1.3 |
| Ohio | 1.2 |
| Other States | 10.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in South Carolina
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.5 | 0.2 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 86.8 | 88.9 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.7 | - | |
| Rail | 4.9 | 7.9 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | ** | 0.1 | |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | ** | ** | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 2.1 | 2.9 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in South Carolina
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 19.1 | 52.5 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 12.9 | 19.8 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 22.1 | 13.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 15.4 | 6.5 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 16.9 | 4.4 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 6.7 | 1.7 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 2.0 | 0.8 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| 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).