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Table 9e. Hazardous Material Shipment Characteristics by Air (Includes Truck and Air) for Selected UN Number (1) for the United States: 2012

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

UN number UN description Value Tons Ton-miles (2) Average miles per shipment
2012
(million dollars)
Percent of total 2012
(thousands)
Percent of total 2012
(millions)
Percent of total
  Total 4,380 0.2 261 Z 271 0.1 1,120
0012 Cartridges for weapons, inert projectile or cartridges, small arms S S 2 0.3 2 0.6 1,490
0161 Powder, smokeless S S S S S S 1,760
1013 Carbon dioxide S S S S S S 1,399
1046 Helium, compressed 44 0.9 2 Z 2 0.9 1,907
1203 Gasoline, includes gasoline mixed with ethyl alcohol S S S S S S 245
1245 Methyl isobutyl ketone Z 0.3 S S 11 21.6 1,323
1263 Paint, including paint, lacquer, enamel 73 0.5 3 0.1 3 0.2 1,384
1266 Perfumery products with flammable solvents S S S S S S S
1294 Toluene S S S S S S 2,276
1789 Hydrochloric acid S S S S S S 828
1801 Octyltrichlorosilane S S S S S S S
1810 Phosphorus oxychloride or phosphoryl chloride S S S S S S S
1830 Sulfuric acid with more than 51 percent acid S S S S S S 2,024
1863 Fuel, aviation, turbine engine S S S S S S S
1866 Resin solution, flammable 333 5.6 S S S S 1,564
1993 Flammable liquids, n.o.s 224 Z S S S S 738
3077 Environmentally hazardous substance, solid, n.o.s. 112 1.9 S S S S 1,412
3082 Environmentally hazardous substance, liquid, n.o.s. 61 0.3 6 0.1 3 0.1 750
3090 Lithium battery 225 12.5 2 6.2 1 8.7 876
3268 Air bag inflators, or air bag modules, or seat-belt pretensioners 50 0.6 2 0.3 S S 1,257

KEY: S = Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards.

Z = Rounds to zero.

(1) UN numbers shown had the highest estimated weight without considering sampling variability. Since an “All other UN numbers” line is not shown, estimates do not add to total.

(2) Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network. See “Mileage Calculations” section for additional information.

NOTES: Value-of-shipments estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be found at <www.census.gov/econ/cfs>.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2014.