2002 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alabama
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2002 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Alabama
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Total shipments originating in Alabama |
$ 127,727
(millions) |
216,383 (thousand tons) |
Percent of total U.S. shipments |
1.5 |
1.9 |
Leading Commodity Shipments Originating in Alabama by Value
Mixed freight (43) |
9.4 |
Textiles,
leather, and articles of textiles or leather (30) |
8.0 |
Motorized and other vehicles, including parts (36) |
7.9 |
Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07) |
6.1 |
Base
metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32) |
5.4 |
Other commodities |
63.2 |
Total |
100.0 |
Leading Commodity Shipments Originating in Alabama by Weight
Nonmetallic mineral products (31) |
11.5 |
Gravel
and crushed stone (12) |
9.9 |
Coal
(15) |
9.2 |
Wood
products (26) |
7.0 |
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17) |
5.9 |
Other commodities |
56.5 |
Total |
100.0 |
Outbound Shipments from the State of Alabama
Leading States by Value and Weight
Alabama |
31.6 |
Georgia |
11.6 |
Florida |
5.7 |
Tennessee |
5.3 |
Texas |
5.2 |
Mississippi |
4.6 |
Other states |
36.0 |
Total |
100.0 |
Alabama |
56.7 |
Georgia |
9.3 |
Florida |
5.4 |
Mississippi |
4.4 |
Texas |
3.3 |
Louisiana |
3.2 |
Other states |
17.7 |
Total |
100.0 |
Inbound Shipments to the State of Alabama
Leading States by Value and Weight
Alabama |
32.5 |
Georgia |
8.6 |
Tennessee |
7.8 |
Texas |
5.1 |
Mississippi |
4.2 |
Florida |
3.5 |
Other states |
38.3 |
Total |
100.0 |
Alabama |
54.4 |
Wyoming |
5.2 |
Georgia |
4.6 |
Mississippi |
3.3 |
Minnesota |
1.8 |
Colorado |
1.8 |
Other states |
28.9 |
Total |
100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Alabama
Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) |
79.5 |
70.4 |
Air (including truck and air) |
1.0 |
S |
Rail |
9.0 |
22.7 |
Water (Great Lakes, deep draft and shallow draft) |
S |
S |
Pipeline* |
S |
S |
Multiple modes** |
7.1 |
0.3 |
Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service |
6.9 |
0.1 |
Other and unknown mode |
3.0 |
4.3 |
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Alabama
Less than
50 miles |
20.2 |
42.5 |
50
to 99 miles |
10.8 |
9.8 |
100
to 249 miles |
20.0 |
22.2 |
250
to 499 miles |
20.0 |
12.2 |
500
to 749 miles |
14.5 |
6.7 |
750 to 999 miles |
6.4 |
3.3 |
1,000 to 1,499 miles |
3.5 |
S |
1,500 to 1,999 miles |
3.5 |
1.4 |
2,000 miles or more |
1.2 |
0.3 |
Total |
100.0 |
100.0 |
* Estimate for pipelines excludes
shipments of crude petroleum.
** Multiple modes inlcudes Parcel,
U.S.P.S or Courier, Truck-Rail, Truck-Water, Rail-Water and Other multiple
modes.
S Estimate does not meet publication
standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality.
– Represents data cell equal to zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
NOTE: Data are estimates based on a sample and
subject to error. See table on the next page for reliability estimates.
SOURCE: U.S. Department
of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau
of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census
Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey data, March 2005.