Table 8 - Freight Shipments by Shipment Size: 1993 and 2002
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Table 8 - Freight Shipments by Shipment Size: 1993 and 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey data only)
| Shipment weight | Value (billions $) | Value (percent share) | Percent change, 1993-2002 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2002 | 1993 | 2002 | ||
| Less than 500 pounds | 1,368 | 2,099 | 23.4 | 25.0 | 53.4 |
| 500 to 999 pounds | 319 | 430 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 34.9 |
| 1,000 to 49,999 pounds | 3,411 | 4,857 | 58.3 | 57.8 | 42.4 |
| 50,000 pounds or more | 749 | 1,012 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 35.1 |
| All shipment sizes | 5,846 | 8,397 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 43.6 |
| Shipment weight | Tons (millions) | Tons (percent share) |
Percentchange, 1993-2002 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 500 pounds | 109 | 118 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 500 to 999 pounds | 65 | 77 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 18.8 |
| 1,000 to 49,999 pounds | 3,830 | 5,068 | 39.5 | 43.4 | 32.3 |
| 50,000 pounds or more | 5,685 | 6,405 | 58.7 | 54.9 | 12.7 |
| All shipment sizes | 9,688 | 11,668 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20.4 |
| Shipment weight | Ton-miles (billions) | Ton-miles (percent share) |
Percent change, 1993-2002 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 500 pounds | 29 | 37 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 28.9 |
| 500 to 999 pounds | 13 | 17 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 28.0 |
| 1,000 to 49,999 pounds | 728 | 1,038 | 30.1 | 33.1 | 42.6 |
| 50,000 pounds or more | 1,651 | 2,046 | 68.2 | 65.2 | 23.9 |
| All shipment sizes | 2,421 | 3,138 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 29.6 |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, based on data from the 1993, 1997, and preliminary 2002 Commodity Flow Survey, December 2004.