Table 1b. Export Shipment Characteristics by Export Mode of Transportation: 2007 and 2002
Table 1b. Export Shipment Characteristics by Export Mode of Transportation: 2007 and 2002
Estimates are based on data from the 2007 and 2002 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive.
| Export mode of transportation | Value | Tons | Value | Tons | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 (million $) |
2002 (million $) |
Percent Change | 2007 (thousands) | 2002 (thousands) | Percent Change | 2007 CV 1 | 2002 CV | Standard Error of % change | 2007 CV | 2002 CV | Standard Error of % change | |
| All modes | 873,409 | 595,518 | 46.7 | 479,578 | 487,473 | -1.6 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| Single modes | 777,854 | 508,639 | 52.9 | 461,065 | 452,934 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 4.6 | 12.4 | 13.5 |
| Truck 2 | 155,630 | 148,459 | 4.8 | 57,565 | 54,923 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 8.3 |
| Rail | 34,610 | 17,536 | 97.4 | 50,617 | 49,916 | 1.4 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 28.5 | 10.1 | 16.2 | 19.3 |
| Water | 306,191 | 162,273 | 88.7 | 348,035 | 344,416 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 13.9 | 6 | 15.9 | 17.2 |
| Air (including truck and air) | 279,987 | 180,265 | 55.3 | 3,671 | 3,441 | 6.7 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 6.2 | 11.2 | 13.7 |
| Pipeline 3 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Multiple modes | 57,293 | 71,541 | -19.9 | 511 | 24,242 | -97.9 | 4.6 | 18.2 | 15 | 6 | 14.7 | 0.3 |
| Parcel, U.S.P.S. or courier | 57,293 | 24,360 | 135.2 | 511 | 585 | -12.6 | 4.6 | 11 | 28.1 | 6 | 31.4 | 27.9 |
| Other and unknown modes | 38,262 | 15,338 | 149.5 | 18,002 | 10,296 | 74.8 | 5.9 | 13.8 | 37.5 | 10.2 | 28.6 | 53.1 |
KEY: S = Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality. - = Zero or Less than half the unit shown; thus, it has been rounded to zero.
1 Coefficient of Variation.
2 "Truck" as a single mode includes shipments that were made by
only private truck, only for-hire truck, or a combination of private and
for-hire truck.
3 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum.
NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Estimated measures of sampling variability for each estimate known as coefficients of variation (CV) are also provided in these tables. More information on sampling error, confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions may be found at http://www.bts.gov/cfs.
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, 2007 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2009.