Table 5b. Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: 2007 and 2002
Table 5b. Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: 2007 and 2002
Estimates are based on data from the 2007 and 2002 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive.
| SCTG code 1 | Commodity Description | Value | Tons | Value | Tons | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 (million $) |
2002
(million $) |
Percent change | 2007 (thousands) | 2002 (thousands) | Percent change | 2007 CV 2 | 2002 CV | Standard Error of % change | 2007 CV | 2002 CV | Standard Error of % change | ||
| All Commodities | 873,409 | 595,518 | 46.7 | 479,578 | 487,473 | -1.6 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 11.8 | 12.4 | |
| 01-05 | Agriculture products and fish | 59,864 | 47,056 | 27.2 | 165,711 | 218,571 | -24.2 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 20.5 | 10.2 | 17.4 | 15.3 |
| 06-09 | Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products | 23,800 | 12,552 | 89.6 | 19,222 | 12,842 | 49.7 | 8.2 | 18.3 | 38.2 | 10.7 | 13.8 | 26.3 |
| 10-14 | Stones, non-metallic minerals, and metallic ores | 11,012 | 4,035 | 172.9 | 17,027 | 28,186 | -39.6 | 26.3 | 16.9 | 86.8 | 13.5 | 23.9 | 16.6 |
| 15-19 | Coal and petroleum products 3 | 25,494 | 6,946 | 267.0 | 92,585 | 63,235 | 46.4 | 11.9 | 31.2 | 122.3 | 16.9 | 24.2 | 43.4 |
| 20-24 | Pharmaceutical and chemical products | 125,331 | 75,620 | 65.7 | 52,633 | 64,254 | -18.1 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 16.2 | 8.4 | 23.2 | 20.2 |
| 25-30 | Logs, wood products, and textile and leather | 41,236 | 37,489 | 10.0 | 32,987 | 34,177 | -3.5 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 11 | 13.6 |
| 31-34 | Base metal and machinery | 146,139 | 85,835 | 70.3 | 32,537 | 31,965 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 7 | 14.4 | 3.4 | 12.4 | 13.1 |
| 35-38 | Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments | 368,098 | 285,483 | 28.9 | 16,576 | 17,083 | -3.0 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 13 | 4.8 | 10.1 | 10.9 |
| 39-43 | Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products | 72,435 | 38,672 | 87.3 | 50,299 | 15,945 | 215.5 | 4 | 8.2 | 17 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 63.5 |
| 99 | Commodity Unknown | S | 1,830 | S | S | S | S | S | 32.1 | S | S | - | S |
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 Standard Classification of Transported
Goods.
2 Coefficient of Variation.
3 Estimates exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).
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.