90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Washington
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90-Percent Confidence Intervals for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Washington
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Washington (in billion $ and million tons) | 111.24 - 135.16 | 234.65 - 284.15 |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.80 - 2.20 | 2.34 - 2.86 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Washington Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Transportation equipment | 18.1 - 37.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 12.5 - 18.7 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture . | 6.0 - 9.3 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 4.9 - 7.9 |
| Machinery, including computers | 4.0 - 6.0 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Washington Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 19.7 - 36.1 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 17.4 - 31.6 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 11.7 - 19.6 |
| Farm products | 5.4 - 11.3 |
| Food or kindred products | 4.9 - 6.8 |
| Other commodities | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Washington Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Washington | 51.0 - 60.6 |
| California | 6.3 - 9.9 |
| Oregon | 5.0 - 7.3 |
| Illinois | 0.6 - 3.2 |
| Alaska | 1.5 - 2.1 |
| Kansas | 0.8 - 2.8 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Washington Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Washington | 80.8 - 86.8 |
| Oregon | 4.4 - 6.7 |
| California | 1.5 - 7.5 |
| Idaho | 0.7 - 1.7 |
| Alaska | 0.4 - 0.8 |
| Illinois | 0.2 - 0.6 |
| Other States | (NA) |
| Total | (X) |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Washington
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 6.8 - 10.1 | (X) | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 60.5 - 69.0 | 67.5 - 75.8 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 1.7 - 7.3 | (X) | |
| Rail | 2.9 - 4.3 | 3.5 - 8.5 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 1.3 - 2.1 | 2.9 - 9.3 | |
| Pipeline* | 0.4 - 2.0 | 1.2 - 4.8 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 0.1 - 0.5 | (X) | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | 0.7 - 1.3 | (X) | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 10.2 - 19.0 | 10.4 - 15.6 | |
| Total | (X) | (X) | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Washington
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 41.5 - 52.1 | 69.5 - 78.1 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 5.1 - 6.5 | 4.9 - 12.1 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 8.1 - 11.1 | 5.8 - 8.4 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 1.7 - 2.3 | 0.9 - 1.9 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 2.8 - 4.2 | 1.2 - 1.8 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 4.1 - 6.1 | 0.9 - 1.5 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 4.1 - 7.4 | (X) |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 6.2 - 11.2 | 1.3 - 2.7 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 7.9 - 17.5 | 0.7 - 1.7 |
| 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).