1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Texas
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Texas
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Texas | $451.8 billion | 882.0 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 7.5 | 8.9 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products. | 19.9 |
| Chemicals or allied products. | 13.3 |
| Food or kindred products. | 11.9 |
| Machinery, including computers. | 10.4 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies. | 5.1 |
| Other commodities | 39.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Petroleum or coal products. | 43.7 |
| Chemicals or allied products. | 10.9 |
| Nonmetallic minerals. | 10.5 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products. | 7.3 |
| Food or kindred products. | 5.9 |
| Other commodities | 21.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Texas. | 60.0 |
| California. | 3.6 |
| Louisiana. | 2.6 |
| Oklahoma. | 2.6 |
| Illinois. | 1.9 |
| Georgia. | 1.7 |
| Other States | 27.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Texas Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Texas. | 83.7 |
| Louisiana. | 2.1 |
| Missouri. | 1.1 |
| California. | 0.8 |
| Oklahoma. | 0.7 |
| Arkansas. | 0.7 |
| Other States | 10.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Texas
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 7.0 | 0.1 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 68.2 | 51.6 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.9 | - | |
| Rail | 6.7 | 14.8 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 2.1 | 5.1 | |
| Pipeline* | 7.4 | 19.1 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 1.0 | 3.0 | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 5.4 | 6.1 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Texas
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 36.2 | 64.6 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 5.0 | 8.4 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 17.5 | 9.3 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 10.0 | 6.4 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 6.7 | 3.1 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 9.4 | 3.4 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 12.5 | 4.1 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 2.6 | 0.6 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.1 | - |
| 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).