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Table 5. Shipment Characteristics by Industry for the United States: 2007

Monday, July 2, 2012

Table 5. Shipment Characteristics by Industry for the United States: 2007

[Estimates are based on final data from the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive]

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NAICS
Code1
NAICS description 2007 Value
(million $)
2007 Tons
(thousands)
2007 Ton-miles2
(millions)
2007 Average miles per shipment Value CV3 Tons CV Ton-miles CV Average miles per shipment CV
  All Industries 11,684,872 12,543,425 3,344,658 619 0.8 1.6 3.6 2.5
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 85,730 3,638,118 1,057,505 53 4.8 4 9.1 4.4
31-33 Manufacturing 5,234,281 4,794,660 1,383,058 721 1 1.5 1.9 2.1
311 Food manufacturing 585,676 568,950 264,425 305 1.9 3.6 3.6 10
312 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 129,804 143,530 42,063 227 4.9 4.8 6.4 18.2
313 Textile mills 35,936 8,989 4,133 811 5.4 4.7 6.7 6.4
314 Textile product mills 28,448 7,022 3,131 854 5.3 9.6 9.9 5.2
315 Apparel manufacturing 24,381 1,463 1,400 1,224 10.6 20.6 31.1 4.8
316 Leather and allied product manufacturing 5,441 636 789 1,118 10 21.7 23.8 4.4
321 Wood product manufacturing 100,923 218,834 78,742 343 4.8 4.6 5.4 6.8
322 Paper manufacturing 174,780 166,472 89,418 494 1.9 2.3 3.2 3.7
323 Printing and related support activities 98,848 33,661 15,936 791 2.9 6 5.6 5.9
324 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 608,090 1,415,099 207,148 222 4.3 5.4 7.5 12.4
325 Chemical manufacturing 713,674 594,262 279,917 847 2.7 5.2 5.5 3.8
326 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 209,268 66,753 37,394 679 1.6 2.7 3.8 3.6
327 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 124,713 1,060,926 98,086 170 5.1 4.1 4 6.7
331 Primary metal manufacturing 251,412 201,339 98,318 545 2.3 4.1 5.7 3.7
332 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 338,290 118,350 44,620 596 1.8 4.4 4.7 2.6
333 Machinery manufacturing 343,262 40,523 31,565 917 2.9 5.1 6.7 3.1
334 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 389,399 5,416 4,442 1,205 5.6 8.8 7.7 2.8
335 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 128,868 18,771 15,436 938 4.1 4.9 6.3 3.5
336 Transportation equipment manufacturing 715,294 94,023 45,264 801 4.1 4.4 3.3 2.4
337 Furniture and related product manufacturing 83,494 18,700 11,480 715 3.1 6.6 5.8 3.2
339 Miscellaneous manufacturing 144,279 10,941 9,350 1,017 2.9 11.7 15.9 4.3
42 Wholesale trade 4,740,065 3,605,531 767,100 430 1.2 2.3 4.1 3.6
423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 2,352,345 1,361,146 264,780 501 1.7 5.9 5.7 4.9
4231 Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers 503,333 81,203 29,489 532 7.3 17.4 11.1 13.1
4232 Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers 74,305 23,358 12,730 663 5.6 8 20.7 7.5
4233 Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers 153,528 498,825 43,488 141 3.4 7.4 13.8 10.8
4234 Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers 397,976 21,817 9,088 716 3.5 9.2 14.3 5.8
4235 Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers 191,673 182,041 43,016 192 3.5 10.7 13.8 8.3
4236 Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers 338,597 24,469 11,663 474 3.9 8.4 14.1 6
4237 Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers 119,464 28,474 5,563 213 2.4 11.1 12.9 6.8
4238 Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers 363,108 74,069 16,716 322 2.5 13.1 7 4.9
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 210,361 426,888 93,027 911 3.6 14.6 11 3.9
424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 2,387,720 2,244,386 502,320 311 1.5 2.5 5.5 3.5
4241 Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers 100,860 50,888 15,513 282 4.5 11.5 23.7 7.5
4242 Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 409,264 23,407 9,611 478 6.3 17.2 11.8 6.9
4243 Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers 119,239 9,468 8,484 933 6.6 12.9 20.6 4
4244 Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers 567,732 321,626 81,594 109 1.5 2.8 7.4 7.4
4245 Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers 143,358 623,826 240,207 145 5.6 5.2 10.2 14.5
4246 Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers 119,923 119,971 31,344 237 5.3 16.1 17.5 8.9
4247 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers 610,759 846,636 52,112 70 4.2 4.3 8.6 12.4
4248 Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 100,154 55,667 3,194 40 3.8 4.1 14.8 6
4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 216,429 192,897 60,260 481 4.1 8.6 18.7 7.7
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 216,817 7,305 6,398 1,169 6.8 7.2 8.1 2.4
45431 Fuel dealers 38,220 48,438 1,784 22 5.4 5.8 33.2 7.3
4931 Warehousing and storage 903,398 187,219 46,335 833 6.5 5.9 6 4.4
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 38,082 11,892 2,279 250 6.2 7.8 14.4 25.8
551114 Corporate, subsidiary, and regional managing offices 428,280 250,262 80,199 784 7.6 8.3 11.9 4.8

1 Based on 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). NAICS is a hierarchical coding system and certain codes may be nested. For example, estimates for values and tons summed from NAICS codes 4231 through 4239 equal the estimates of values and tons for NAICS code 423.
2 Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
3 Coefficient of Variation.

NOTES: Value-of-shipment estimates are reported in current prices. Estimated measures of sampling variability for each estimate known as coefficients of variation (CV) are also provided in these tables. More information on sampling error, confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, sample design, and definitions may be found at http://www.bts.gov/cfs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2009.