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This report presents data from the 1997 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) on the movement of raw materials and products shipped by manufacturing, mining, wholesale, and selected retail establishments in the United States. The data cover domestic shipments plus exports but exclude imports. The report provides information on commodities shipped, their value, weight, size, distance shipped, and mode of transportation as well as the origin and destination of shipments.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau cosponsored the 1993 and 1997 CFS. The CFS reports the value, weight, mode, and distance transported for commodities shipped by manufacturing, mining, wholesale trade, and selected retail and service industries. The CFS covers both local and intercity freight movements, including exports but not imports; identifies parcel, postal, and courier as a separate mode of transportation; includes freight movement between coastal ports; and estimates freight carried by intermodal combinations of carriers. The CFS also reports commodities that are hazardous materials and those shipments that were exports.
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