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Table 5. Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group for Metropolitan Area of Origin: 2007

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Table 5. Shipment Characteristics by Commodity Group 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.

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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 239,881 100 121,063 100 29,529 100 383 9.9 - 8.2 - 11 - 10.7
01-05 Agriculture products and fish 4,660 1.9 6,476 5.3 S S 178 16.6 0.3 40.7 2.9 S S 38.6
06-09 Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products 7,319 3.1 5,826 4.8 1,208 4.1 139 17.9 0.3 24.9 1.1 40.2 1.7 28.1
10-14 Stones, nonmetallic minerals, and metallic ores S S 15,675 12.9 2,337 7.9 554 S S 22.6 3 39.4 4.6 27.4
15-19 Coal and petroleum products 10,381 4.3 16,957 14 1,119 3.8 77 33.7 1.2 38.5 3.5 36.7 1.3 35.4
20-24 Basic chemicals, chemical, and pharmaceutical products 15,826 6.6 5,547 4.6 2,587 8.8 380 16.6 1.6 22.6 1.3 35.5 2.3 17.6
25-30 Logs, wood products, and textile and leather 4,824 2 2,156 1.8 685 2.3 363 15.2 0.6 14.4 0.4 21.3 0.5 18.9
31-34 Base metal and machinery 55,915 23.3 44,330 36.6 8,831 29.9 305 13.2 2.5 9.9 3.4 13.6 3.7 13.1
35-38 Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments 125,474 52.3 17,801 14.7 10,813 36.6 565 15.1 4.3 17.7 2.4 23.7 5 11.4
39-43 Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products 14,815 6.2 6,252 5.2 1,015 3.4 425 10.8 1 26.5 1.7 20.6 1.4 15.7
99 Commodity Unknown 45 - S S S S 52 39.8 - S S S S 17.8

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, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (DC part) by Coal and petroleum products (15-19) has no data for any shipment characteristic therefore 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.