1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: West Virginia
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: West Virginia
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in West Virginia | $34.9 billion | 234.2 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.6 | 2.4 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Chemicals or allied products | 17.4 |
| Coal | 12.8 |
| Primary metal products | 12.5 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 9.1 |
| Food or kindred products | 6.6 |
| Other commodities | 41.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Coal | 67.6 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 16.7 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 3.5 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 3.4 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 2.4 |
| Other commodities | 6.4 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 25.4 |
| Ohio | 11.8 |
| Virginia | 7.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.4 |
| New York | 3.9 |
| Kentucky | 3.3 |
| Other States | 40.7 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in West Virginia Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 36.3 |
| Ohio | 11.7 |
| Virginia | 11.6 |
| Pennsylvania | 9.9 |
| Michigan | 5.0 |
| North Carolina | 3.7 |
| Other States | 21.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in West Virginia
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | ** | - | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 64.9 | 29.0 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 2.0 | - | |
| Rail | 14.0 | 43.3 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 4.9 | 20.1 | |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | ** | 0.9 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 14.2 | 6.7 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in West Virginia
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 25.4 | 40.6 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 13.1 | 8.5 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 21.0 | 18.1 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 24.5 | 26.7 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 4.0 | 1.2 |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 0.5 | - |
| 2,000 miles or more | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| 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).