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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Utah

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Utah

Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation

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Summary Value Weight
Total shipments originating in Utah (in billion $ and million tons) 30.62 - 40.58 100.83 - 212.77
Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) 0.51 - 0.67 1.02 - 2.16

Commodity Shipments Originating in Utah Ranked by Value

Commodity Percent of value
Food or kindred products 10.8 - 15.9
Chemicals or allied products 5.8 - 15.9
Transportation equipment 4.8 - 10.4
Machinery, including computers 4.4 - 9.1
Primary metal products 4.1 - 9.0
Other commodities (NA)
Total (X)

Commodity Shipments Originating in Utah Ranked by Weight

Commodity Percent of weight
Metallic ores 13.4 - 88.8
Petroleum or coal products 4.3 - 10.5
Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products 3.0 - 11.0
Nonmetallic minerals 2.6 - 9.7
Chemicals or allied products 1.2 - 4.9
Other commodities (NA)
Total (X)

Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Utah Ranked by Value

State Percent of value
Utah 33.4 - 39.0
California 12.0 - 17.2
Idaho 3.3 - 5.6
Oregon 2.2 - 4.8
Nevada 2.3 - 4.6
Texas 2.1 - 3.1
Other States (NA)
Total (X)

Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Utah Ranked by Weight

State Percent of weight
Utah 72.1 - 89.5
Nevada 0.0 - 3.5
Oregon 0.0 - 2.2
Wyoming 0.1 - 1.7
Idaho 0.2 - 1.6
Colorado 0.0 - 1.6
Other States (NA)
Total (X)

Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Utah

Modes Percent of value Percent of weight
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service 9.3 - 11.9 (X)
Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) 64.6 - 74.8 16.7 - 36.6
Air (including truck and air) 2.6 - 5.9 (X)
Rail 4.9 - 10.5 19.2 - 38.6
Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) (X) (X)
Pipeline* 1.3 - 3.3 0.0 - 4.0
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 4.9 - 5.9 24.3 - 61.1
Total (X) (X)

Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Utah

Distance Percent of value Percent of weight
Less than 50 miles 26.3 - 32.3 47.7 - 76.0
50 to 99 miles 3.9 - 6.2 (X)
100 to 249 miles 5.5 - 8.1 (X)
250 to 499 miles 7.5 - 10.8 2.2 - 7.4
500 to 749 miles 18.8 - 24.4 (X)
750 to 999 miles 1.9 - 2.9 0.1 - 2.1
1,000 to 1,499 miles 7.7 - 11.9 0.7 - 1.7
1,500 to 1,999 miles 10.6 - 17.8 0.0 - 1.2
2,000 miles or more 1.6 - 2.2 0.0 - 0.3
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).