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Table 6. Shipment Characteristics by Two-Digit Commodity for Metropolitan Area of Origin: 2007

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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.

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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 21,449 100 41,324 100 4,275 100 184 8.3 - 17.5 - 21.4 - 15.6
02 Cereal grains 116 0.5 742 1.8 54 1.3 72 35.8 0.2 40.4 1.9 42.1 1.6 30.8
03 Other agricultural products S S S S S S 57 S S S S S S 24.9
04 Animal feed and products of animal origin, nec 524 2.4 1,467 3.5 54 1.3 57 37.7 1.9 27.2 1.5 24.1 0.8 40
05 Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations 922 4.3 412 1 176 4.1 494 23.7 1.8 20.2 0.4 20.9 1.6 6
06 Milled grain products and preparations and bakery products 619 2.9 1,143 2.8 284 6.6 S 20.7 1.6 33 1.9 35.1 5.3 S
07 Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils S S S S S S 92 S S S S S S 29.2
08 Alcoholic beverages 160 0.7 120 0.3 2 0.1 20 19.3 0.2 21.1 0.1 40.1 - 11.5
09 Tobacco products S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
10 Calcareous monumental or building stone S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
11 Natural sands 34 0.2 4,185 10.1 309 7.2 71 31.5 0.1 35.7 4.4 44.6 3.2 14
12 Gravel and crushed stone 110 0.5 10,876 26.3 448 10.5 39 29.4 0.2 34 6.5 41.5 4.7 13.1
13 Nonmetallic minerals nec 23 0.1 S S 14 0.3 S 25.2 - S S 48.2 0.2 S
14 Metallic ores and concentrates S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
15 Nonagglomerated bituminous coal 96 0.4 2,188 5.3 58 1.4 26 31.3 0.2 30.3 1.9 37.2 0.6 20.9
17 Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 222 1 332 0.8 15 0.3 23 31.6 0.5 31.1 0.3 34.1 0.1 40.7
18 Fuel oils 536 2.5 824 2 32 0.7 27 23.3 0.7 23.5 0.6 26.3 0.3 17.5
19 Coal and petroleum products, nec S S 2,689 6.5 50 1.2 17 S S 47.2 5.2 27 0.7 25.8
20 Basic chemicals S S 10 - S S 486 S S 38.7 - S S 48.2
21 Pharmaceutical products 148 0.7 9 - 8 0.2 1,083 28.6 0.1 27.4 - 23.9 0.1 9
22 Fertilizers S S 10 - - - 114 S S 47.3 - 41.1 - 40.3
23 Chemical products and preparations, nec 636 3 290 0.7 177 4.1 808 33.7 0.8 28.8 0.3 34.1 2.3 22.3
24 Plastics and rubber 603 2.8 153 0.4 65 1.5 344 13.8 0.5 17 0.1 10.9 0.3 20.2
25 Logs and other wood in the rough 19 0.1 S S S S 196 43.2 0.1 S S S S 16.2
26 Wood products 624 2.9 1,229 3 137 3.2 104 33.4 1 22.6 1.7 25.3 1.5 14
27 Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard 319 1.5 378 0.9 204 4.8 225 34.1 0.7 29.7 0.3 37.3 2 24.5
28 Paper or paperboard articles 166 0.8 178 0.4 S S 509 22.2 0.2 44.6 0.3 S S 32.7
29 Printed products 687 3.2 121 0.3 54 1.3 S 19.8 0.6 22.3 0.1 25.5 0.5 S
30 Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather 858 4 S S S S 537 39.8 1.5 S S S S 11.8
31 Nonmetallic mineral products 315 1.5 2,668 6.5 158 3.7 296 18.9 0.4 35 2.8 30.1 1.3 30.7
32 Base metal in prim. or semifin. forms & in finished basic shapes 210 1 S S S S S 42.2 0.3 S S S S S
33 Articles of base metal 767 3.6 160 0.4 44 1 419 31 1.2 42.3 0.2 41.9 0.6 14.4
34 Machinery S S S S S S 239 S S S S S S 25.5
35 Electronic & other electrical equip & components & office equip 1,557 7.3 37 0.1 14 0.3 435 17.9 1.5 28.6 - 36 0.1 24.2
36 Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) 114 0.5 S S S S S 38 0.3 S S S S S
37 Transportation equipment, nec 121 0.6 6 - S S 561 37.8 0.6 47.9 - S S 40.3
38 Precision instruments and apparatus 136 0.6 S S S S 897 38.8 0.3 S S S S 17
39 Furniture, mattresses & mattress supports, lamps, lighting S S S S S S 179 S S S S S S 22.7
40 Miscellaneous manufactured products S S 363 0.9 111 2.6 682 S S 36.9 0.5 31.3 1 19.1
41 Waste and scrap S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
43 Mixed freight 2,637 12.3 1,160 2.8 224 5.2 97 34.3 4.6 34 1.3 36.6 2.1 33.7
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, 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.