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Summary Tables of Inbound and Outbound Shipments

Table 1: Value of Outbound Commodity Flows by State of Origin: 2012 Table 2: Value of Inbound Commodity Flows by State of Destination: 2012 Table 3: Weight of Outbound Commodity Flows by State of Origin: 2012 Table 4: Weight of Inbound Commodity Flows by State of Destination: 2012

Highlights

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Tables in this section present data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia and show the value, weight, and ton-miles of commodity shipments by mode of transportation as estimated in the 2012 CFS.

American businesses covered by the CFS shipped about $13.9...

Introduction

The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) is conducted as part of the Census Bureau’s Economic Census, occurring every five years.  It is the primary source of national and state-level data on domestic freight shipments in the United States. The survey sampled approximately 100,000 business...

Acknowledgments

U.S. Department of Transportation Anthony Foxx Secretary

Victor Mendez Deputy Secretary

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Greg Winfree Assistant Secretary

Mark Dowd Deputy Assistant Secretary

Bureau of Transportation...

Front Matter

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R)

Our mission: The BTS mission is to create, manage, and share transportation statistical knowledge with public and private transportation communities and the Nation.

Our...

2012 Commodity Flow Survey State Summaries

PDF:  2012 Commodity Flow Survey State Summaries Front MatterAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHighlightsSummary Tables of Inbound and Outbound ShipmentsSummary Tables by Mode of Transportation of Inbound and Outbound ShipmentsStatistical Reliability Tables by Mode of Transportation of Inbound and...

Chapter 5: Transportation Productivity

PDF:  Chapter 5: Transportation Productivity What is Productivity?

In the general sense, “productivity” refers to the rate at which workers produce goods or complete work. Economic productivity, however, has a more precise definition: it is the ratio of total output to the inputs used in the...

Introduction

Transportation plays a vital role in the American economy: it makes economic activity possible, and serves as a major economic activity in its own right.

This report is BTS's first stand-alone volume on transportation and the economy, and uses a variety of data series to...

Acknowledgements

U.S. Department of Transportation

Anthony Foxx Secretary of Transportation

Victor Mendez Deputy Secretary of Transportation

Gregory Winfree Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Patricia Hu Director...