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Table 10. Shipment Characteristics by Selected Commodities for Hazardous Materials: 2007

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Table 10. Shipment Characteristics by Selected Commodities for Hazardous Materials: 2007

Estimates are based on data from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive.

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SCTG Code 1 Commodity Description Value Tons Ton-miles 2 Value Tons Ton-miles
Total
(million $)
Hazardous Total
(thousands)
Hazardous Total
(millions)
Hazardous Total CV 3 Hazardous Total CV Hazardous Total CV Hazardous
2007
(million $)
% of US Total 2007
(thousands)
% of US Total 2007
(millions)
% of US Total 2007 CV Standard Error of % 2007 CV Standard Error of % 2007 CV Standard Error of %
  Total 11,684,872 1,448,218 12.4 12,543,425 2,231,133 17.8 3,344,658 323,457 9.7 0.8 2.6 0.3 1.6 3.3 0.7 3.6 4.6 0.5
17 Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 663,194 663,194 100.0 959,161 959,161 100.0 68,647 68,647 100.0 4.5 4.6 - 4.3 4.5 - 9.7 9.7 -
18 Fuel oils 373,515 373,515 100.0 641,894 641,894 100.0 54,243 54,243 100.0 3.5 3.7 - 4.1 3.9 - 7.4 8.2 -
19 Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. 268,163 133,043 49.6 578,188 247,172 42.7 127,190 59,604 46.9 4.1 8 2.9 4 10.1 3.1 7.6 17.4 4.7
20 Basic chemicals 271,469 149,697 55.1 412,581 295,890 71.7 171,156 100,093 58.5 6.2 7.3 2.4 7 8.4 3.6 10.7 8.7 5.2
22 Fertilizers 43,613 12,468 28.6 149,600 37,788 25.3 58,970 15,598 26.5 9.2 17.5 2.7 10.3 19.5 2.8 14.9 21.8 3.2
23 Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. 331,750 54,850 16.5 123,537 24,997 20.2 58,477 10,263 17.6 5.9 5.4 0.8 4.9 11.1 1.4 5.8 10.6 1.2
99 Commodity Unknown 1,453 S S S S S 145 S S 16.2 S S S S S 26 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 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
3 Coefficient of Variation.

NOTES: Percentages represent the proportion of hazardous materials to the two digit commodity total. Value-of-shipment estimates are reported in current prices. Estimated measures of sampling variablity 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/publications/commodity_flow_survey/.

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.