90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Vermont
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 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 (in billion $ and million tons) | 7.03 - 10.17 | 10.72 - 13.88 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.08 - 0.12 | 0.09 - 0.11 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 7.0 - 46.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 10.5 - 17.0 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 2.7 - 9.8 |
| Machinery, including computers | 3.5 - 7.3 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture . | 3.9 - 6.7 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Nonmetallic mineral | 29.6 - 59.7 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 12.2 - 23.7 |
| Clay, concrete, glass or stone | 7.2 - 18.5 |
| Food or kindred products | 4.6 - 17.0 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 2.1 - 4.9 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Vermont | 27.9 - 40.4 |
| New York | 6.6 - 11.6 |
| California | 3.7 - 10.3 |
| Massachusetts | 4.6 - 8.2 |
| Texas | 2.8 - 5.1 |
| New Hampshire | 2.4 - 4.4 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Vermont Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Vermont | 61.9 - 74.4 |
| New Hampshire | 4.3 - 8.9 |
| New York | 4.7 - 8.3 |
| Massachusetts | 1.3 - 5.3 |
| Maine | 1.0 - 3.9 |
| Michigan | 0.5 - 2.1 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Vermont
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 10.5 - 15.7 | 0.2 - 0.6 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 70.0 - 79.8 | 89.8 - 101.2 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 4.0 - 13.2 | (X) | |
| Rail | 0.5 - 1.1 | (X) | |
| 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 - 3.4 | 3.6 - 4.6 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Vermont
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 14.6 - 22.5 | 65.6 - 77.2 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 12.9 - 28.1 | 4.9 - 9.5 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 11.3 - 18.5 | 4.5 - 13.1 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 8.0 - 13.2 | 3.1 - 9.7 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 5.9 - 9.5 | 1.4 - 3.4 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 8.5 - 10.8 | 1.0 - 2.0 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 3.2 - 6.2 | 0.5 - 1.9 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.8 - 5.8 | 0.3 - 0.7 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 5.8 - 11.8 | 0.4 - 0.8 |
| 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).