Table A6: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to California
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Table A6: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to California
Excluding energy1
| Commodity | Observed inflows (000s of metric tons) |
Estimated inflows (000s of metric tons) |
Percentage error |
Distance ratio2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel or other finished textile products | 506 | 622 | 23.0 | 1.6 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 8,252 | 10,022 | 21.5 | 1.4 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 1,945 | 3,304 | 69.9 | 1.0 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 1,440 | 1,516 | 5.3 | 1.5 |
| Fabricated metal products | 1,605 | 1,880 | 17.1 | 1.2 |
| Farm products | 6,372 | 7,212 | 13.2 | 0.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 18,437 | 21,967 | 19.1 | 1.9 |
| Forest and fishing products | 8 | 8 | -1.6 | N/A |
| Furniture or fixtures | 602 | 679 | 12.8 | 1.4 |
| Instruments, photographic goods, optical goods, watches, or clocks | 370 | 336 | -9.2 | 1.7 |
| Leather or leather products | 104 | 98 | -5.8 | 1.6 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 2,116 | 3,165 | 49.6 | 1.6 |
| Machinery, excluding electrical | 994 | 1,190 | 19.8 | 1.5 |
| Miscellaneous products or manufacturing | 535 | 574 | 7.3 | 1.6 |
| Ordnance or accessories | 6 | 5 | -12.4 | N/A |
| Primary metal products | 4,638 | 4,878 | 5.2 | 1.7 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 5,087 | 5,299 | 4.2 | 1.2 |
| Rubber or miscellaneous plastics products | 1,529 | 1,688 | 10.4 | 1.2 |
| Textile mill products | 896 | 975 | 8.8 | 1.6 |
| Tobacco products, excluding insecticides | 22 | 19 | -12.4 | 3.1 |
| Transportation equipment | 2,544 | 2,639 | 3.7 | 1.7 |
| Waste or scrap materials | 122 | 347 | 184.9 | 0.7 |
| Total, all commodities | 58,130 | 68,425 | 17.7 | 1.6 |
| Weighted average error: 17.9% | ||||
| Mean absolute error: 23.5% | ||||
1 Energy commodities include mining, petroleum, and coal products.
2 Distance ratio is the average shipment distance for the commodity to the state divided by the national average.
Key: N/A = not applicable.
Note: Observed inflows are obtained from the 1993 Commodity Flow survey. Estimates are derived from the inflows to the the six-state West Coast Region (California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii).