Table 5c. Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: Percent of Total for 2007 and 2002
Table 5c. Export Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group: Percent of Total for 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 (percent) | Tons (percent) | Value Standard Error of % | Tons Standard Error of % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2002 | 2007 | 2002 | 2007 | 2002 | 2007 | 2002 | ||
| All Commodities | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | |
| 01-05 | Agriculture products and fish | 6.9 | 7.9 | 34.6 | 44.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| 06-09 | Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products | 2.7 | 2.1 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| 10-14 | Stones, non-metallic minerals, and metallic ores | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| 15-19 | Coal and petroleum products 2 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 19.3 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 20-24 | Pharmaceutical and chemical products | 14.3 | 12.7 | 11 | 13.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 25-30 | Logs, wood products, and textile and leather | 4.7 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 31-34 | Base metal and machinery | 16.7 | 14.4 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 35-38 | Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments | 42.1 | 47.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 39-43 | Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products | 8.3 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
| 99 | Commodity Unknown | S | 0.3 | S | S | S | 0.1 | S | S |
KEY: S = Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality. - = Zero of Less than half the unit shown; thus, it has been rounded to zero.
1 Standard Classification of Transported
Goods.
2 Estimates exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).
NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. 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.