Table 6. Shipment Characteristics by Two-Digit Commodity for Metropolitan Area of Origin: 2007
Table 6. Shipment Characteristics by Two-Digit Commodity for Metropolitan Area of Origin: 2007
Estimates are based on data from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive.
| Commodity Group (2-digit SCTG2) | Value | Tons | Ton-miles3 | Average miles per shipment |
Value | Tons | Ton-miles | Average miles per shipment CV | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 (million $) |
Percent of total | 2007 (thousands) |
Percent of total | 2007 (millions) |
Percent
of total |
CV4 | Standard Error of % | CV | Standard Error of % | CV | Standard Error of % | |||
| All Commodities5 | 59,003 | 100 | 30,658 | 100 | 6,796 | 100 | 539 | 11.8 | - | 9 | - | 17 | - | 11.9 |
| 02 Cereal grains | S | S | 424 | 1.4 | S | S | S | S | S | 47.9 | 1.2 | S | S | S |
| 03 Other agricultural products | S | S | S | S | S | S | 267 | S | S | S | S | S | S | 38.1 |
| 04 Animal feed and products of animal origin, nec | S | S | S | S | S | S | 372 | S | S | S | S | S | S | 18.5 |
| 05 Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 06 Milled grain products and preparations and bakery products | 27 | - | 10 | - | S | S | S | 38.5 | - | 33.9 | - | S | S | S |
| 07 Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils | 2,100 | 3.6 | 2,579 | 8.4 | 520 | 7.6 | S | 25.1 | 1.4 | 27.1 | 2.7 | 29 | 3.7 | S |
| 08 Alcoholic beverages | 284 | 0.5 | 242 | 0.8 | 5 | 0.1 | 24 | 34.5 | 1 | 29.5 | 1.1 | 26.4 | 0.1 | 7.8 |
| 09 Tobacco products | 67 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | 31 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 46.6 | - | 24.5 | - | 25.3 |
| 10 Calcareous monumental or building stone | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 11 Natural sands | 6 | - | 738 | 2.4 | 10 | 0.1 | 13 | 47.6 | - | 48.9 | 1.4 | 45.9 | 0.1 | 13.3 |
| 12 Gravel and crushed stone | 53 | 0.1 | 6,575 | 21.4 | S | S | 42 | 22.4 | - | 27 | 5.5 | S | S | 38.7 |
| 13 Nonmetallic minerals nec | 8 | - | S | S | 2 | - | 697 | 34 | - | S | S | 34.6 | - | 26.5 |
| 14 Metallic ores and concentrates | 1 | - | - | - | S | S | S | 25.3 | - | 40.1 | - | S | S | S |
| 17 Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel | 502 | 0.8 | 610 | 2 | 19 | 0.3 | 27 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 8 | 2.2 | 12.3 | 0.3 | 9.4 |
| 18 Fuel oils | 274 | 0.5 | 360 | 1.2 | 22 | 0.3 | 37 | 19.2 | 0.5 | 18.9 | 1.5 | 26.6 | 0.2 | 24.4 |
| 19 Coal and petroleum products, nec | S | S | S | S | 5 | 0.1 | S | S | S | S | S | 47 | 0.1 | S |
| 20 Basic chemicals | 228 | 0.4 | S | S | S | S | S | 35.9 | 0.4 | S | S | S | S | S |
| 21 Pharmaceutical products | 22 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 463 | 9 | - | 38 | - | 40.5 | - | 13.1 |
| 22 Fertilizers | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 15 | 36.6 | - | 34.7 | 0.1 | 35.6 | - | 6.7 |
| 23 Chemical products and preparations, nec | 1,111 | 1.9 | S | S | 102 | 1.5 | 913 | 30.4 | 0.7 | S | S | 32 | 0.7 | 24.9 |
| 24 Plastics and rubber | 1,779 | 3 | 431 | 1.4 | 205 | 3 | 723 | 22.2 | 0.7 | 21 | 0.3 | 22.7 | 1 | 12.3 |
| 26 Wood products | S | S | S | S | 74 | 1.1 | 210 | S | S | S | S | 42.8 | 0.5 | 21.2 |
| 27 Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard | 496 | 0.8 | 366 | 1.2 | 307 | 4.5 | 625 | 25 | 0.3 | 29 | 0.3 | 26.3 | 1.6 | 9.4 |
| 28 Paper or paperboard articles | 180 | 0.3 | S | S | 24 | 0.3 | 144 | 48.7 | 0.2 | S | S | 45.2 | 0.1 | 17.1 |
| 29 Printed products | 696 | 1.2 | S | S | 118 | 1.7 | 596 | 26.6 | 0.4 | S | S | 45.2 | 0.6 | 15.4 |
| 30 Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather | 862 | 1.5 | S | S | 40 | 0.6 | 586 | 42.8 | 0.6 | S | S | 45.5 | 0.5 | 22.8 |
| 31 Nonmetallic mineral products | 342 | 0.6 | 2,175 | 7.1 | 114 | 1.7 | 184 | 39 | 0.3 | 34.1 | 2.4 | 49.7 | 1 | 23.1 |
| 32 Base metal in prim. or semifin. forms & in finished basic shapes | 2,554 | 4.3 | 1,808 | 5.9 | S | S | 146 | 38.9 | 2.1 | 48.9 | 3 | S | S | 23.5 |
| 33 Articles of base metal | 3,429 | 5.8 | 579 | 1.9 | 305 | 4.5 | 652 | 31 | 1.1 | 23.8 | 0.5 | 44.5 | 0.9 | 12.6 |
| 34 Machinery | 3,642 | 6.2 | 478 | 1.6 | 186 | 2.7 | 771 | 28.9 | 1.6 | 38.3 | 0.5 | 38.5 | 1.2 | 18.8 |
| 35 Electronic & other electrical equip & components & office equip | 4,727 | 8 | 279 | 0.9 | 188 | 2.8 | 690 | 29.7 | 1.5 | 26 | 0.2 | 37.2 | 1.4 | 7.6 |
| 36 Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) | 19,185 | 32.5 | 2,485 | 8.1 | 1,073 | 15.8 | 542 | 23.8 | 5.1 | 16.1 | 1.7 | 25.2 | 2.7 | 13 |
| 37 Transportation equipment, nec | 376 | 0.6 | S | S | 2 | - | 943 | 34.7 | 0.5 | S | S | 44.5 | - | 15.4 |
| 38 Precision instruments and apparatus | 797 | 1.4 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 376 | 40.1 | 0.9 | 31.9 | - | 21.3 | - | 20.6 |
| 39 Furniture, mattresses & mattress supports, lamps, lighting | 571 | 1 | 32 | 0.1 | S | S | 433 | 33 | 0.6 | 32.3 | - | S | S | 34.2 |
| 40 Miscellaneous manufactured products | 1,580 | 2.7 | 134 | 0.4 | 85 | 1.3 | 800 | 27 | 0.5 | 37.8 | 0.1 | 40.7 | 0.3 | 12.2 |
| 41 Waste and scrap | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| 43 Mixed freight | 7,718 | 13.1 | 3,322 | 10.8 | 408 | 6 | 321 | 20.4 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 2 | 25.1 | 1.7 | 21.9 |
| 99 Commodity Unknown | S | S | S | S | S | S | 529 | S | S | S | S | S | S | 43.6 |
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 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) geographic areas were drawn from a subset of Combined Statistical Areas (CSAs) and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MeSAs) as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). However, CFS metropolitan areas are divided into their state parts when they include more than one state. In addition, the CFS also utilizes a unique geography referred to as, "remainder of state," to represent those areas of a state not contained within a separately published metropolitan area for the CFS (as opposed to not part of any Core-Based Statistical Area (CBSA) as defined by OMB). Because of the differences in the CFS geography, as compared to OMB defined geography, caution should be exercised when comparing CFS estimates to other estimates of similar geography.
2 Standard Classification of Transported Goods.
3 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
4 Coefficient of Variation.
5 Estimates exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).
NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates are reported in current prices. 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/publications/commodity_flow_survey/.
Rows are not shown if all cells for that particular row have no value. For example, Tucson, AZ by Cereal grains (02) has no data for any shipment characteristic therfore the entire row is not shown.
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.