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

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

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NAICS Code (1) NAICS description 2007 Value
(million $)		 2007 Tons
(thousands)		 2007 Ton-miles (2)
(millions)		 2007 Average miles per shipment Value CV (3) Tons CV Ton-miles CV Average miles per shipment CV
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 65,079 3,119,289 902,076 53 3.2 2.7 9.7 4.1
31-33 Manufacturing 5,384,430 5,384,427 1,522,406 690 1.0 3.9 5.1 2.3
311 Food manufacturing 555,283 537,828 257,390 289 1.3 2.2 3.2 9.7
312 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 129,826 138,360 41,454 217 6.5 4.9 7.7 13.6
313 Textile mills 37,354 9,584 4,344 798 4.3 5.2 5.9 5.9
314 Textile product mills 33,129 7,663 3,323 881 6.8 7.5 8.4 4.3
315 Apparel manufacturing 28,240 2,245 1,317 1,072 4.6 14.3 12.6 3.5
316 Leather and allied product manufacturing 6,094 715 848 1,097 5.3 14.7 14.9 4.1
321 Wood product manufacturing 118,732 280,469 107,949 329 2.5 4.1 6.4 5.7
322 Paper manufacturing 173,870 168,041 90,987 554 1.7 1.8 2.6 5.2
323 Printing and related support activities 97,839 36,243 17,747 675 1.7 5.3 7.7 8.2
324 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 686,202 1,869,806 296,596 146 3.7 9.7 22.9 7.3
325 Chemical manufacturing 718,563 557,090 256,829 853 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0
326 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 220,693 72,713 41,255 711 1.3 4.1 5.0 2.9
327 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 134,842 1,128,151 108,563 185 1.4 2.7 4.6 5.2
331 Primary metal manufacturing 266,394 247,190 122,459 558 4.1 7.1 11.4 3.5
332 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 337,868 122,080 46,778 610 1.9 4.2 4.1 2.8
333 Machinery manufacturing 349,349 46,031 32,597 884 2.4 7.9 9.0 2.2
334 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 401,510 7,012 5,908 1,176 8.5 9.7 11.7 2.4
335 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 124,895 18,669 14,707 913 2.6 4.1 5.0 3.3
336 Transportation equipment manufacturing 717,895 100,909 49,254 752 2.2 4.2 5.1 2.9
337 Furniture and related product manufacturing 89,431 19,807 11,779 711 2.1 4.7 5.2 1.7
339 Miscellaneous manufacturing 156,422 13,821 10,324 972 3.0 9.1 10.9 2.9
42 Wholesale trade 4,806,561 3,963,397 929,025 413 1.1 2.4 4.0 2.4
423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 2,195,906 1,229,806 266,862 473 1.5 3.3 6.1 3.1
4231 Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers 341,992 51,546 18,229 333 4.9 4.6 8.0 15.0
4232 Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers 72,335 20,005 9,888 751 2.2 4.7 12.6 5.0
4233 Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers 147,603 423,401 39,809 128 2.2 5.6 8.1 11.4
4234 Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers 405,072 21,753 10,425 669 4.2 6.6 13.0 3.5
4235 Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers 189,608 226,995 59,043 186 3.7 10.1 13.2 9.0
4236 Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers 328,683 23,588 11,956 531 4.6 7.8 17.7 6.6
4237 Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers 106,608 21,834 5,508 247 2.6 7.3 10.4 7.6
4238 Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers 378,942 88,655 17,017 340 1.5 18.2 5.6 4.4
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 225,062 352,030 94,989 881 2.6 7.5 10.0 3.1
424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 2,610,656 2,733,591 662,163 324 1.7 3.3 5.9 2.6
4241 Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers 105,098 48,083 11,685 294 3.8 7.3 14.2 5.9
4242 Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers 397,494 22,263 9,606 562 5.5 18.2 11.7 7.1
4243 Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers 120,608 10,773 9,222 941 3.9 11.5 13.4 3.7
4244 Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers 597,976 355,692 84,420 111 2.1 2.5 6.1 7.6
4245 Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers 183,464 836,076 340,081 130 5.2 5.3 4.2 11.9
4246 Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers 135,730 150,552 36,811 268 4.0 13.3 11.7 7.6
4247 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers 731,039 1,067,394 113,234 65 6.2 7.0 27.1 10.0
4248 Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 102,071 56,626 2,752 49 2.5 2.9 11.6 13.0
4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 237,176 186,133 54,351 527 1.9 6.5 16.7 5.9
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 210,935 8,048 6,591 1,052 5.2 12.2 9.9 2.3
45431 Fuel dealers 45,858 58,198 1,426 22 4.8 4.6 6.9 4.0
4931 Warehousing and storage 912,021 188,887 49,650 853 6.0 5.2 5.5 4.2
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 43,279 12,430 2,555 244 4.7 5.6 15.3 27.7
551114 Corporate, subsidiary, and regional managing offices 363,339 281,934 77,075 733 5.9 10.6 11.2 5.1

KEY:
(1) Based on 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
(2) Ton–miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network.
(3) Coefficient of Variation.

NOTE: These data are preliminary and are subject to change; they will be superseded by data released in later reports. Value-of-shipment estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. 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.census.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, Preliminary Release, December 2008.
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