Table B-5a. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: 2002
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Table B-5a. Estimated Measures of Reliability for Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: 2002
[Estimates are shown as percents and are based on data from the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey]
| SCTG code | Description | Value | Tons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV 02 | Std. error of percent | CV 02 | Std. error of percent | ||
| All Commodities | 4.9 | – | 11.8 | – | |
| 01-05 | Agriculture products and fish | 14.1 | 0.9 | 17.4 | 3.9 |
| 06-09 | Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products | 18.3 | 0.3 | 13.8 | 0.6 |
| 10-14 | Stones, nonmetallic minerals, and metallic ores. | 16.9 | 0.1 | 23.9 | 1.9 |
| 15-19 | Coal and petroleum products | 31.2 | 0.3 | 24.2 | 2.7 |
| 20-24 | Pharmaceutical and chemical products | 7.2 | 0.9 | 23.2 | 1.6 |
| 25-30 | Logs, wood products, and textile and leather | 7.3 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 0.8 |
| 31-34 | Base metal and machinery | 7.0 | 1.3 | 12.4 | 1.0 |
| 35-38 | Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments | 8.5 | 2.2 | 10.1 | 0.6 |
| 39-43 | Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products | 8.2 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 0.5 |
| -- | Commodity unknown | 32.1 | 0.1 | S | S |
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.
CV Coefficient of variation of number
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SOURCE: Research and Innovative Technologies Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Export Data, March 2005.