1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Vermont
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Vermont
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Vermont | $8.6 billion | 12.3 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 26.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 13.8 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 6.2 |
| Machinery, including computers | 5.4 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture . | 5.3 |
| Other commodities | 42.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic mineral | 44.6 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 18.0 |
| Clay, concrete, glass or stone | 12.8 |
| Food or kindred products | 10.8 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 3.5 |
| Other commodities | 10.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Vermont | 34.2 |
| New York | 9.1 |
| California | 7.0 |
| Massachusetts | 6.4 |
| Texas | 3.9 |
| New Hampshire | 3.4 |
| Other States | 36.0 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Vermont | 68.1 |
| New Hampshire | 6.6 |
| New York | 6.5 |
| Massachusetts | 3.3 |
| Maine | 2.4 |
| Michigan | 1.3 |
| Other States | 11.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Vermont
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 13.1 | 0.4 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 74.9 | 95.5 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 8.6 | - | |
| Rail | 0.8 | ** | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | - | - | |
| 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 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Vermont
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 18.5 | 71.4 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 20.5 | 7.2 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 14.9 | 8.8 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 10.6 | 6.4 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 7.7 | 2.4 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 9.6 | 1.5 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 4.7 | 1.2 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 8.8 | 0.6 |
| 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).