90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Virginia
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Virginia
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Virginia (in billion $ and million tons) | 105.17 - 124.03 | 208.33 - 370.07 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.73 - 2.05 | 2.11 - 3.75 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Virginia Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 13.1 - 17.8 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 7.6 - 10.2 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies . | 4.9 - 8.1 |
| Transportation equipment | 4.5 - 8.3 |
| Machinery, including computers | 4.2 - 7.4 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Virginia Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Coal | 5.4 - 66.2 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 11.3 - 22.7 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 6.9 - 14.1 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 3.5 - 17.5 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 5.5 - 11.2 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Virginia Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 34.9 - 38.2 |
| North Carolina | 6.5 - 8.5 |
| Maryland | 4.7 - 7.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 4.0 - 4.6 |
| New York | 3.6 - 4.6 |
| California | 2.4 - 4.7 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Virginia Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 66.3 - 76.9 |
| North Carolina | 4.8 - 8.8 |
| Maryland | 1.8 - 4.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 1.2 - 3.8 |
| West Virginia | 0.9 - 3.5 |
| Tennessee | 1.5 - 2.5 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Virginia
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 7.6 - 11.8 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 77.9 - 84.5 | 61.5 - 78.5 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.4 - 2.7 | (X) | |
| Rail | 2.9 - 4.3 | 12.5 - 22.1 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.0 - 0.4 | (X) | |
| Pipeline* | (X) | (X) | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | (X) | 0.2 - 1.2 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | (X) | (X) | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 3.5 - 4.1 | 9.2 - 14.4 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Virginia
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 25.2 - 29.2 | 51.5 - 68.9 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 11.4 - 13.4 | 7.4 - 19.6 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 16.0 - 20.2 | 7.3 - 15.9 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 18.9 - 21.2 | 9.1 - 14.3 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 8.5 - 10.5 | 1.0 - 1.4 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 3.7 - 4.3 | 0.2 - 1.2 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 2.4 - 3.8 | (X) |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 0.9 - 1.9 | (X) |
| 2,000 miles or more | 3.0 - 5.6 | (X) |
| 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).