Table 5c. Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: Percent of Total for 2002 and 1997
Table 5c. Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: Percent of Total for 2002 and 1997
[Estimates are based on data from the 2002 and 1997 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]
| SCTG code | Description | Value (percent) | Tons (percent) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1997 | 2002 | 1997 | ||
| All Commodities | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| 01-05 | Agriculture products and fish | 7.9 | 7.7 | 44.8 | 34.8 |
| 06-09 | Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| 10-14 | Stones, nonmetallic minerals, and metallic ores | 0.7 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 |
| 15-19 | Coal and petroleum products1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 13.0 | 21.9 |
| 20-24 | Pharmaceutical and chemical products | 12.7 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 13.1 |
| 25-30 | Logs, wood products, and textile and leather | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 9.2 |
| 31-34 | Base metal and machinery | 14.4 | 14.4 | 6.6 | 5.4 |
| 35-38 | Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments | 47.9 | 46.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 39-43 | Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products | 6.5 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| -- | Commodity unknown | 0.3 | 0.9 | S | 0.3 |
KEY:
– Represents an estimate equal to zero or less than 1 unit of
measure.
S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling
variability or poor response quality.
1 Estimates exlude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).
NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates
have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated
measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give
information on confidentially protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample
design, and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be
found at www.census.gov/cfs.
Coverage for the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) differs from the previous
surveys due to a change from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification
System to the 1997 North American Industry Classification System and other
survey improvements. Therefore, data users are urged to use caution when
comparing 2002 CFS estimates with estimates from prior years.
SOURCE: Research and Innovative Technologies Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Export Data, March 2005.