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Table 3c. Shipment Characteristics by Distance Shipped: Percent of Total for 2007 and 2002

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Table 3c. Shipment Characteristics by Distance Shipped: Percent of Total for 2007 and 2002

[Estimates are based on data from the 2007 and 2002 Commodity Flow Surveys. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]

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Distance Shipped1
(Based on Great Circle Distance)		 Value (percent) Tons (percent) Ton-miles2 (percent) Value Standard Error % Tons Standard Error % Ton-miles Standard Error %
2007 2002 2007 2002 2007 2002 2007 2002 2007 2002 2007 2002
All distances 100 100 100 100 100 100 - - - - - -
Less than 50 miles 33.0 29.8 55.4 54.1 4.7 4.1 0.4 0.4 0.7 1 0.2 0.2
50 to 99 miles 9.2 9.0 10.0 10.1 3.7 3.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.2
100 to 249 miles 15.2 15.8 12.6 12.7 11.2 10.5 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4
250 to 499 miles 13.7 14.5 8.5 9.3 15.8 17.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.8
500 to 749 miles 8.7 10.1 4.9 5.2 15.9 16.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6
750 to 999 miles 6.2 6.5 4.1 3.7 18.4 16.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.1 0.7
1,000 to 1,499 miles 6.3 6.0 3.2 3.6 18.7 21.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.7
1,500 to 1,999 miles 4.2 4.2 0.8 0.9 6.2 6.9 0.2 0.2 - - 0.3 0.4
2,000 miles or more 3.5 4.0 0.5 0.4 5.4 4.5 0.2 0.2 - - 0.3 0.2

KEY: - = Zero or Less than half the unit shown; thus, it has been rounded to zero.

1 Shipments are grouped into distance categories based on Great Circle Distance (GCD). GCD is the shortest distance between 2 points on the surface of a sphere over the surface of that sphere.
2 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.

NOTES: Value-of-shipments estimates are reported in current prices. More information on sampling error, confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions may be found at http://www.bts.gov/cfs.

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.