Table 3-3: Shipment Characteristics by Commodity for the United States: 2002
Table 3-3: Shipment Characteristics by Commodity for the United States: 2002
(Commodity Flow Survey data)
| Commodity (2-digit SCTG commodity code) | Value | Tons | Ton-miles 2 | Average miles per shipment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number ($ millions) | Percent | Number (thousands) | Percent | Number (millions) | Percent | ||
| Live animals and live fish (01) | 7,200 | Z | 6,549 | Z | 2,021 | Z | 534 |
| Cereal grains (02) | 55,927 | 0.7 | 578,637 | 5.0 | 263,718 | 8.2 | 125 |
| Other agricultural products (03) | 129,890 | 1.5 | 277,547 | 2.4 | 122,134 | 3.8 | 477 |
| Animal feed and products of animal origin, n.e.c (04) | 55,251 | 0.7 | 240,003 | 2.1 | 77,474 | 2.4 | 141 |
| Meat, fish, seafood, and their preparations (05) | 204,869 | 2.4 | 85,019 | 0.7 | 41,795 | 1.3 | 192 |
| Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products (06) | 119,718 | 1.4 | 116,018 | 1.0 | 51,384 | 1.6 | 265 |
| Other prepared foodstuffs and fats and oils (07) | 362,312 | 4.3 | 463,363 | 4.0 | 171,249 | 5.3 | 206 |
| Alcoholic beverages (08) | 115,772 | 1.4 | 93,698 | 0.8 | 25,572 | 0.8 | 56 |
| Tobacco products (09) | 77,163 | 0.9 | 5,793 | Z | 1,256 | Z | 414 |
| Monumental or building stone (10) | 2,451 | Z | 16,851 | 0.1 | 1,325 | Z | 170 |
| Natural sands (11) | 4,611 | Z | 466,338 | 4.0 | 33,952 | 1.1 | 57 |
| Gravel and crushed stone (12) | 12,643 | 0.1 | 1,775,181 | 15.3 | 104,552 | 3.3 | 33 |
| Nonmetallic minerals n.e.c (13) | 12,680 | 0.1 | 186,322 | 1.6 | 56,975 | 1.8 | 214 |
| Metallic ores and concentrates (14) | 15,741 | 0.2 | 116,050 | 1.0 | 59,404 | 1.9 | 465 |
| Coal (15) | 24,085 | 0.3 | 1,255,082 | 10.8 | 562,463 | 17.6 | 112 |
| Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel (17) | 233,563 | 2.8 | 840,400 | 7.3 | 130,207 | 4.1 | 103 |
| Fuel oils (18) | 109,618 | 1.3 | 507,540 | 4.4 | 108,928 | 3.4 | 81 |
| Coal and petroleum products, n.e.c. (19) | 74,693 | 0.9 | 431,255 | 3.7 | 96,006 | 3.0 | 125 |
| Basic chemicals (20) | 152,069 | 1.8 | 497,049 | 4.3 | 173,927 | 5.4 | 516 |
| Pharmaceutical products (21) | 426,753 | 5.0 | 22,825 | 0.2 | 12,095 | 0.4 | 722 |
| Fertilizers (22) | 34,079 | 0.4 | 214,227 | 1.9 | 74,422 | 2.3 | 150 |
| Chemical products and preparations, n.e.c. (23) | 234,355 | 2.8 | 109,819 | 0.9 | 54,824 | 1.7 | 409 |
| Plastics and rubber (24) | 343,386 | 4.0 | 147,035 | 1.3 | 83,916 | 2.6 | 430 |
| Logs and other wood in the rough (25) | 5,178 | Z | 86,316 | 0.7 | 8,882 | 0.3 | 108 |
| Wood products (26) | 140,006 | 1.7 | 321,143 | 2.8 | 114,007 | 3.6 | 250 |
| Pulp, newsprint, paper, and paperboard (27) | 102,406 | 1.2 | 139,895 | 1.2 | 82,591 | 2.6 | 233 |
| Paper or paperboard articles (28) | 105,890 | 1.2 | 72,508 | 0.6 | 25,480 | 0.8 | 282 |
| Printed products (29) | 136,886 | 1.6 | 34,418 | 0.3 | 17,364 | 0.5 | 903 |
| Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather (30) | 506,992 | 6.0 | 53,306 | 0.5 | 34,589 | 1.1 | 967 |
| Nonmetallic mineral products (31) | 143,106 | 1.7 | 910,259 | 7.9 | 120,262 | 3.8 | 388 |
| Base metal in primary or semifinished forms and in finished basic shapes (32) | 253,678 | 3.0 | 325,992 | 2.8 | 121,634 | 3.8 | 275 |
| Articles of base metal (33) | 234,922 | 2.8 | 115,686 | 1.0 | 44,434 | 1.4 | 396 |
| Machinery (34) | 509,477 | 6.0 | 62,943 | 0.5 | 34,653 | 1.1 | 413 |
| Electronic and other electrical equipment and components and office equipment (35) | 948,049 | 11.2 | 53,789 | 0.5 | 32,906 | 1.0 | 747 |
| Motorized and other vehicles (including parts) (36) | 735,730 | 8.7 | 133,676 | 1.2 | 59,077 | 1.8 | 401 |
| Transportation equipment, n.e.c. (37) | 162,984 | 1.9 | 10,269 | Z | 6,220 | 0.2 | 1,003 |
| Precision instruments and apparatus (38) | 222,042 | 2.6 | 15,208 | 0.1 | 3,401 | 0.1 | 986 |
| Furniture, mattresses and mattress supports, lamps, lighting fittings, and illuminated signs (39) | 135,049 | 1.6 | 30,880 | 0.3 | 13,293 | 0.4 | 564 |
| Miscellaneous manufactured products (40) | 404,683 | 4.8 | 90,600 | 0.8 | 37,082 | 1.2 | 1,003 |
| Waste and scrap (41) | 49,307 | 0.6 | 305,638 | 2.6 | 71,063 | 2.2 | 163 |
| Mixed freight (43) | 858,320 | 10.1 | 332,188 | 2.9 | 57,793 | 1.8 | 434 |
| Commodity unknown | 19,588 | 0.2 | 25,464 | 0.2 | 10,079 | 0.3 | 585 |
| Total, all commodities1 | 8,483,123 | 100.0 | 11,572,780 | 100.0 | 3,204,410 | 100.0 | 589 |
1 Estimates exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).
2 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
KEY: n.e.c. = not elsewhere classified; SCTG = Standard Classification of Transported Goods; Z = zero or less than 1 unit of measure.
NOTES: The data presented in this table exclude shipments from the following establishments classified in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as: farms, forestry, logging, fisheries, construction, publishing, and crude petroleum production; households; governments; and most retail and service businesses. Also excluded are most imports and commodities shipped from a foreign location to another foreign destination that pass through the United States. Estimates are preliminary and may be revised. A breakout of CFS data by state is planned for inclusion in the CFS final report scheduled for release in December 2004.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2002 Commodity Flow Survey: United States Preliminary Report, Washington, DC: December 2003.