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Some,freight activities, such as pipeline shipments, were not within the scope qf the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS). Data for the
out-of-scope freight activities are estimated here and added to the CFS data to give a more complete picture of total freight activity.
Table 8.12
Commodity Flow Survey Freight Activity, 1997
Value Value per Value per
(billion Tons Ton miles Value Tons Ton miles ton pound Ton miles
Mode dollars) (millions) (billions) (percent) (percent) (percent) (dollars) (dollars) per ton a
CFS 1997:
Parcel, postal, courier service $856 24 18 10.0 0.2 0.5 35,667 $17.83 750
Truck’(for-hire, private, both) $4,982 7,70 1 1,024 58.2 52.0 26.6 647 $0.32 133
Air (including truck and air) $229 4 6 2.7 0.0 0.2 57,250 $28.63 1,500
Rail $320 1,550 1,023 3.7 10.5 26.6 206 $0.10 660
Water $76 563 262 0.9 3.8 6.8 135 $0.07 465
Pipeline ’ $113 618 244 1.3 4.2 6.3 183 $0.09 395
Truck and rail $76 54 56 0.9 0.4 1.5 1,407 $0.70 1,037
Other intermodal combinations’ $14 139 131 0.2 0.9 3.4 101 $0.05 942
Other and unknown modes $279 437 73 3.3 3.0 1.9 638 $0.32 167
CFS 1997 Subtotal $6,945 11,090 2,837 81.1 74.9 73.7 626 $0.31 256
Estimates of Out-of-scope Components:
Truck
Farm based truck shipments $197
Imports from Canada $100
Imports from Mexico $57
Pipeline
Crude oil $81
Petroleum products d $37
Water e
Imports $403
Exports $222
Other $61
Rail
Imports from Canada and Mexico $40
Non-commodity
Air
Imports $213
Exports $211
US Mail f
Out-of-scope Estimates Subtotal $1,622
1,050 39 2.3 7.1 1.0 188 $0.09 37
67 32 1.2 0.5 0.8 1,493 $0.75 478
18 14 0.7 0.1 0.4 3,167 $1.58 778
740 377 0.9 5.0 9.8 109 $0.05 509
90 35 0.4 0.6 0.9 411 $0.21 389
765
411
481
62
10
3
3
10
3,710
58
48
358
43
10
4.7 5.2
2.6 2.8
0.7 3.3
0.5 0.4
0.1
2.5
2.5
1,014 18.9
1.5
1.2
9.3
1.1
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.1
25.1 26.3
527 $0.26
540 $0.27
127 $0.06
645 $0.32
71,000
70,333
CFS + Out-of-scope Estimates: $8,567 14,800 3,851 100.0 100.0 100.0 580
Intermodal Total (excluding air)” $946 217 205 11.0 1.5 5.3 4,359
lntermodal Total (including air) $1,175 221 211 13.7 1.5 5.5 5,317
Source:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Freight USA, Washington, DC, 2000.
(Additional resources: www.bts.gov/cfs)
437
$35.50
$35.17
76
117
744
694
1,000
$0.22 273
$0.29 272
$2.18 945
$2.66 1,047
” Tonnage for CFS pipeline and U.S. Mail was not included in the total tonnage for the calculation of ton-miles/ton.
’ The pipeline ton-miles shown here are not a CFS estimate, but were calculated using data from the Assn. of Oil Pipe Lines.
’ This includes truck and water, rail and water, and other combinations.
d These numbers are the differences between the FERC totals and CFS estimates.
e Ton-miles for water imports & exports include only the portion of ton-miles within the U.S. Waterways to or from the U.S. port.
f U.S. Mail tonnage includes all mail except class B standard mail, and international parcel post for surface and air mail.
% Intermodal total is a combination of parcel, postal, courier; truck and rail; truclc and water; rail and water; and other intermodal. It
excludes truck and air which is added to air transportation.
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