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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 19,085 100 24,263 100 1,196 100 62 19.2 - 27.9 - 26.6 - 47.7
01-05 Agriculture products and fish 1,289 6.8 474 2 44 3.7 S 23 1.8 35.5 1.4 31 4.5 S
06-09 Grains, alcohol, and tobacco products 2,118 11.1 1,087 4.5 94 7.9 34 14.5 3.3 18.6 4.5 44.4 9.2 21.2
10-14 Stones, nonmetallic minerals, and metallic ores 69 0.4 1,983 8.2 76 6.4 31 33.4 0.1 23.9 2.6 45.5 1.8 30.3
15-19 Coal and petroleum products 8,235 43.1 15,613 64.3 522 43.7 S 36.7 10 37.8 13.8 40.4 10.7 S
20-24 Basic chemicals, chemical, and pharmaceutical products 1,758 9.2 138 0.6 S S 156 26.5 2.4 22.9 0.7 S S 29.9
25-30 Logs, wood products, and textile and leather 1,195 6.3 789 3.3 S S S 25.3 1.4 41.7 1.3 S S S
31-34 Base metal and machinery 1,108 5.8 3,543 14.6 132 11 S 29.4 2 42.3 6.6 37.8 4.9 S
35-38 Electronic, motorized vehicles, and precision instruments 1,371 7.2 95 0.4 5 0.4 S 14.7 2.4 24.5 0.5 34.2 0.6 S
39-43 Furniture, mixed freight and misc. manufactured products 1,935 10.1 541 2.2 177 14.8 171 21.3 3.9 23.5 1.9 47.5 5.9 34.3
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 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.