90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: South Carolina
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 76.72 - 90.48 | 96.38 - 138.02 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.27 - 1.50 | 0.97 - 1.40 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Textile mill products | 14.6 - 22.3 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 9.2 - 12.8 |
| Machinery, including computers | 6.2 - 10.6 |
| Food or kindred products | 6.9 - 9.3 |
| Apparel or other finished textile products | 5.7 - 9.2 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products excluding furniture | 15.3 - 28.2 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 13.4 - 20.6 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 2.9 - 22.5 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 8.3 - 13.8 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 3.2 - 18.0 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| South Carolina | 29.0 - 32.0 |
| North Carolina | 10.8 - 13.8 |
| Georgia | 8.6 - 10.2 |
| Florida | 3.3 - 4.7 |
| Virginia | 2.7 - 4.7 |
| Michigan | 1.7 - 5.0 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in South Carolina Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| South Carolina | 61.4 - 65.6 |
| North Carolina | 10.7 - 14.7 |
| Georgia | 7.1 - 10.7 |
| Virginia | 1.3 - 1.9 |
| Florida | 1.1 - 1.5 |
| Ohio | 0.9 - 1.5 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in South Carolina
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.0 - 6.0 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 84.8 - 88.8 | 86.1 - 91.7 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.5 - 0.9 | (X) | |
| Rail | 3.1 - 6.7 | 5.8 - 10.0 | |
| 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 | 1.8 - 2.4 | 1.9 - 3.9 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in South Carolina
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 18.0 - 20.3 | 47.9 - 57.1 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 11.6 - 14.2 | 15.2 - 24.4 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 21.0 - 23.3 | 11.6 - 15.6 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 14.1 - 16.7 | 5.8 - 7.2 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 15.3 - 18.6 | 3.7 - 5.1 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5.1 - 8.4 | 1.4 - 2.0 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 1.8 - 2.2 | 0.6 - 1.0 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 0.9 - 1.3 | (X) |
| 2,000 miles or more | 3.1 - 4.7 | 0.3 - 0.7 |
| 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).