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Table 11a. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Selected Commodities: 2007

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Table 11a. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Selected Commodities: 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 Average miles
per shipment
Value Tons Ton-miles Average
miles
per shipment
2007
(million $)
Percent 2007
(thousands)
Percent 2007
(millions)
Percent 2007 CV 3 Standard Error of % 2007 CV Standard Error of % 2007 CV Standard Error of %
  Total 1,448,218 100 2,231,133 100 323,457 100 96 2.6 - 3.3 - 4.6 - 8.1
17 Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 663,194 45.8 959,161 43 68,647 21.2 43 4.6 1.4 4.5 1.3 9.7 1.7 5.3
18 Fuel oils 373,515 25.8 641,894 28.8 54,243 16.8 32 3.7 0.8 3.9 0.9 8.2 1.9 9
19 Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. 133,043 9.2 247,172 11.1 59,604 18.4 42 8 0.7 10.1 0.9 17.4 3 9.2
20 Basic chemicals 149,697 10.3 295,890 13.3 100,093 30.9 146 7.3 0.8 8.4 1 8.7 1.9 8.3
22 Fertilizers 12,468 0.9 37,788 1.7 15,598 4.8 221 17.5 0.2 19.5 0.3 21.8 1.1 11.1
23 Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. 54,850 3.8 24,997 1.1 10,263 3.2 348 5.4 0.2 11.1 0.1 10.6 0.2 25.3
99 Commodity Unknown S S S S S S S S S S S S 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 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
3 Coefficient of Variation.

NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates are reported in current prices. Estimated measures of sampling variability for each estimate known as coefficients of variation 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.