1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Tennessee
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Tennessee
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Tennessee | $170.1 billion | 174.5 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 2.8 | 1.8 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Apparel or other finished textile products . | 20.5 |
| Food or kindred products | 11.6 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 10.3 |
| Transportation equipment | 10.2 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 7.2 |
| Other commodities | 40.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic minerals | 28.3 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 12.4 |
| Food or kindred products | 11.8 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 11.4 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 6.3 |
| Other commodities | 29.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 25.6 |
| Texas | 6.9 |
| Ohio | 6.4 |
| Georgia | 6.0 |
| Michigan | 4.9 |
| California | 4.5 |
| Other States | 45.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Tennessee Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 60.8 |
| Texas | 5.4 |
| Georgia | 3.7 |
| Kentucky | 3.6 |
| Alabama | 3.1 |
| Mississippi | 2.7 |
| Other States | 20.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Tennessee
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 6.6 | 0.3 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 83.9 | 89.0 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.3 | - | |
| Rail | 3.2 | 6.8 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.4 | 2.1 | |
| Pipeline* | - | - | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 4.2 | 1.7 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Tennessee
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 18.8 | 54.3 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 6.9 | 9.0 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 18.6 | 13.1 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 25.0 | 11.2 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 16.6 | 5.5 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 6.6 | 5.3 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 1.5 | 0.4 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 5.3 | 1.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| 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).