Table B-11 - Estimated Measures of Reliability for Shipment Characteristics by Three-Digit Commodity for State of Origin: 2002
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Table B-11 - Estimated Measures of Reliability for Shipment Characteristics by Three-Digit Commodity for State of Origin: 2002
[Estimates are based on data from the Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]
| Code | Commodity (3-digit SCTG) | Value | Tons | Ton-miles | CV of average miles per shipment |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV | Std. error of percent |
CV | Std. error of percent |
CV | Std. error of percent |
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| All commodities | 5.8 | – | 14.0 | – | 11.7 | – | 16.6 | |
| 10 | Live animals and live fish | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Wheat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Corn, except sweet | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Other cereal grains | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Fresh or chilled potatoes (Irish potatoes), except sweet | S | S | S | S | S | S | 29.9 |
| 32 | Fresh or chilled edible vegetables, except potatoes (Irish potatoes) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | Fresh, chilled, or dried edible fruit and nuts | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.7 |
| 34 | Soya beans | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | Oil seeds and nuts, except olives and soya beans | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Bulbs, live plants, and seeds for sowing, nec | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | Fresh-cut flowers, plants, and parts of plants, and other agricultural | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 41 | Cereal straw or husks, forage products, residues and waste from the food | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Animal feed preparations | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | Meat including poultry, except preparations | 49.0 | 0.5 | S | S | 46.3 | – | 26.4 |
| 52 | Fish, except live, and seafood, except preparations | 43.2 | 1.5 | 45.0 | 0.4 | S | S | 24.4 |
| 53 | Preparations, extracts, and juices of meat, fish, or seafood | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 61 | Wheat flour, groats, and meal | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 62 | Malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten, and milled or otherwise worked | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 63 | Food preparations of cereals, flour, starch, or milk | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 64 | Bakery products | S | S | S | S | S | S | 24.2 |
| 71 | Dairy products, except chocolate milk, eggnog, and food preparations of milk | 10.8 | – | 10.8 | 0.3 | 15.3 | – | 9.5 |
| 72 | Processed or prepared vegetables, fruit, or nuts, except dried or milled, | S | S | S | S | 46.4 | 0.7 | 29.8 |
| 73 | Coffee, tea, and spices, except unprocessed coffee and unfermented tea | S | S | S | S | S | S | 29.8 |
| 74 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products, prepared | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 75 | Cane, beet, and other sugars in solid form, sugar syrups not containing | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 76 | Confectionery, cocoa, and cocoa preparations | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 77 | Edible preparations, necand vinegar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 78 | Nonalcoholic beverages, necand ice | S | S | S | S | S | S | 29.2 |
| 81 | Malt Beer | 12.6 | – | 11.4 | 0.1 | 30.1 | – | 11.9 |
| 82 | Wine and other fermented beverages | 22.4 | – | 25.4 | – | 41.8 | – | 17.0 |
| 83 | Spirituous beverages and ethyl alcohol | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 90 | Tobacco products | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 100 | Monumental or building stone, except dolomite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 110 | Natural sands, except metal-bearing | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 120 | Gravel and crushed stone, except dolomite and slate | 44.3 | – | 44.4 | 0.2 | 48.8 | – | 23.7 |
| 131 | Salt | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 132 | Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminum-calcium phosphates, and | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 133 | Dolomite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 139 | Other nonmetallic minerals | 46.1 | 0.1 | S | S | 49.0 | 0.4 | 24.3 |
| 141 | Iron ores and concentrates | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 149 | Other metallic ores and concentrates | S | S | S | S | S | S | 28.2 |
| 151 | Nonagglomerated bituminous coal | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 159 | Other coal | S | S | S | S | S | S | 27.9 |
| 171 | Gasoline | 21.4 | 0.6 | 21.2 | 2.6 | 19.6 | 0.4 | 42.1 |
| 172 | Aviation turbine fuel (types A and B) | S | S | S | S | S | S | 30.7 |
| 180 | Fuel oils | 28.3 | 0.6 | 28.5 | 2.5 | 31.0 | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| 191 | Lubricating oils and greases | S | S | S | S | S | S | 37.1 |
| 192 | Refined petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, nec | 37.0 | – | 40.2 | 0.2 | 45.8 | – | 26.5 |
| 193 | Gaseous hydrocarbons | S | S | S | S | S | S | 27.8 |
| 199 | Other products of petroleum refining, and coal products | 49.0 | 0.2 | S | S | S | S | S |
| 201 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) and potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 202 | Inorganic chemicals, nec | 44.0 | 0.2 | S | S | 37.2 | 0.4 | 40.4 |
| 203 | Cyclic hydrocarbons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 204 | Phenols, phenol-alcohols, aldehydes, cyclic polymers of aldehydes, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 205 | Organic chemicals, nec | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 210 | Pharmaceutical products | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 220 | Fertilizers and fertilizer materials | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 231 | Paints and varnishes, tanning or dyeing extracts, tannins and their | S | S | S | S | S | S | 35.5 |
| 232 | Essential oils and resinoids, and perfumery, cosmetic, or toilet preparations | S | S | S | S | S | S | 29.6 |
| 233 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, cleaning preparations, polishes and | S | S | S | S | S | S | 29.8 |
| 234 | Photographic film, plates, paper, paperboard, or textiles, and chemical | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 235 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbic | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 239 | Other chemical products and preparations | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 241 | Plastics in primary forms, rubber in primary forms or sheets, and | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 242 | Manmade fibers and plastics basic shapes and articles | 27.6 | 0.4 | 23.9 | 0.1 | 30.3 | 0.4 | S |
| 243 | Rubber articles | S | S | S | S | S | S | 25.3 |
| 250 | Logs and other wood in the rough | S | S | S | S | S | S | 29.9 |
| 261 | Wood chips or particles | S | S | S | S | S | S | 25.0 |
| 262 | Lumber, wood continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces, and | 47.1 | 1.4 | 44.0 | 2.4 | S | S | 24.0 |
| 263 | Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood, particle board, fiberboard, plywood, | 27.2 | 0.2 | 29.5 | 0.5 | 28.2 | 1.0 | 45.3 |
| 264 | Builders joinery and carpentry of wood, except shingles and shakes | 35.1 | 0.2 | 44.9 | – | S | S | 37.8 |
| 269 | Other wood products | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 271 | Pulp of fibrous cellulosic materials | 32.4 | 0.2 | 31.2 | 0.6 | 29.6 | 0.2 | 44.1 |
| 272 | Newsprint in large rolls or sheets | 42.6 | 0.6 | 42.3 | 1.0 | 42.5 | 3.4 | 25.9 |
| 273 | Uncoated paper and paperboard in large rolls or sheets | 48.4 | 1.1 | 49.5 | 1.3 | S | S | 17.1 |
| 274 | Coated, impregnated, treated, or worked paper and paperboard, in large | 16.3 | 1.2 | 17.4 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 4.9 | 11.4 |
| 280 | Paper or paperboard articles | 45.0 | 0.7 | 28.0 | 0.2 | 33.2 | 0.4 | 29.7 |
| 291 | Printed books, brochures, leaflets, and similar printed products | S | S | 44.5 | – | S | S | 30.6 |
| 292 | Newspapers, journals, and periodicals | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.2 |
| 293 | Advertising material, commercial or trade catalogues, and similar printed | 42.8 | 0.2 | S | S | S | S | 32.2 |
| 299 | Other printed products | 49.6 | 0.2 | 29.1 | – | 40.0 | – | 31.5 |
| 301 | Textile fibers, yarns, and broadwoven or knitt | 43.7 | 0.1 | 48.3 | – | S | S | 37.8 |
| 302 | Textile clothing and accessories, and headgear, except safety | 33.5 | 2.3 | 33.6 | – | 36.6 | 0.2 | 20.2 |
| 303 | Textiles and textile articles, nec | 19.1 | 0.3 | 18.6 | – | 26.3 | 0.2 | 31.7 |
| 304 | Footwear | 26.2 | 0.5 | 31.3 | – | 37.2 | 0.1 | 13.8 |
| 305 | Leather and articles, luggage of related materials, and dressed furskins | 40.9 | – | 45.0 | – | S | S | 26.1 |
| 311 | Hydraulic cements | S | S | S | S | S | S | 30.8 |
| 312 | Ceramic products | S | S | S | S | S | S | 37.8 |
| 313 | Glass and glass products | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.5 |
| 319 | Other nonmetallic mineral products | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 321 | Iron and steel in primary forms, in semifinished forms, or in powders or | 35.4 | – | S | S | 37.8 | – | 44.9 |
| 322 | Flat-rolled products of iron or steel | 49.2 | – | S | S | S | S | 48.7 |
| 323 | Bars, rods, angles, shapes, sections, and wire, of iron or steel | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.4 |
| 324 | Nonferrous metal, except precious, in unwrought forms, in finished basic | 42.3 | 0.1 | S | S | S | S | S |
| 331 | Pipes, tubes, and fittings | S | S | S | S | 31.1 | – | S |
| 332 | Structures and parts, except prefabricated buildings | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 333 | Handtools, cutlery, except of precious metals, interchangeable tools for | S | S | S | S | S | S | 44.5 |
| 339 | Other articles of metal | S | S | S | S | S | S | 27.2 |
| 341 | Internal-combustion piston engines | 45.3 | 0.1 | S | S | 44.8 | – | S |
| 342 | Turbines, boilers, nuclear reactors, and nonelectric engines and motors, | 34.8 | 0.9 | 28.7 | – | 35.3 | – | 39.1 |
| 343 | Pumps, compressors, and fans, and ventilating or recycling hoods | 25.5 | 0.1 | 35.1 | – | 41.0 | – | S |
| 344 | Air-conditioning, refrigerating, or freezing equipment | S | S | S | S | S | S | 30.0 |
| 345 | Materials-handling, excavating, boring, and related machinery and equipment | S | S | 47.4 | – | S | S | 25.7 |
| 349 | Other machinery | 41.0 | 0.8 | 42.8 | – | S | S | 28.8 |
| 351 | Electric motors, generators, generating sets, rotary converters, | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 352 | Electric cooking appliances and other electrothermic or electromechanical | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 353 | Line telephone or telegraph apparatus | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 354 | Electronic entertainment products, except parts | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 355 | Computer and office equipment | S | S | S | S | S | S | 26.0 |
| 356 | Prepared unrecorded or prerecorded media | S | S | S | S | S | S | 25.9 |
| 357 | Transmission apparatus for radio or television broadcasting, radio | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.0 |
| 358 | Electronic components and parts | 32.7 | 0.4 | 40.2 | – | 47.2 | – | 17.9 |
| 359 | Other electronic and electrical equipment | 23.0 | 0.7 | 20.4 | – | 36.0 | – | S |
| 361 | Motor vehicles for the transport of less than | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 362 | Motor vehicles for the transport of goods and road tractors for | S | S | S | S | S | S | 32.8 |
| 363 | Other vehicles | S | S | S | S | S | S | 48.9 |
| 364 | Parts and accessories for motor vehicles, except motorcycles and armored | 41.5 | 1.1 | S | S | 46.5 | – | 45.2 |
| 371 | Locomotives and rolling stock, railway track fixtures and fittings, | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 372 | Aircraft and spacecraft | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 373 | Ships, boats, and floating structures | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 381 | Optical elements, instruments, and apparatus, except photographic and | S | S | S | S | S | S | 32.5 |
| 382 | Photographic and photocopying machines | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 383 | Surveying,hydrographic, oceanographic, hydro | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 384 | Instruments, apparatus, and appliances for medical, surgical, dental, or | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 385 | Meters and other instruments and apparatus for | S | S | 40.2 | – | S | S | S |
| 390 | Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports, lamps, lighting fittings, and | 25.3 | 0.5 | 35.8 | 0.1 | 44.4 | 0.1 | 27.7 |
| 401 | Arms and ammunition | 49.6 | 0.1 | S | S | S | S | 26.1 |
| 402 | Toys, games, and sporting equipment | S | S | S | S | 36.2 | – | 40.5 |
| 409 | Miscellaneous manufactured products | 20.0 | 0.7 | 43.7 | 0.2 | 25.6 | 0.1 | 14.4 |
| 411 | Metallic waste and scrap | S | S | S | S | S | S | 31.6 |
| 412 | Nonmetallic waste and scrap, except from food processing | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 439 | Mixed freight | 21.2 | 4.2 | 21.9 | 1.3 | 19.1 | 0.3 | 25.0 |
| -- | Commodity unknown | S | S | S | S | S | S | 39.4 |
KEY:
– Represents data cell
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: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (USDOT) and U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, Individual State Data, December 2004.