The US Census Bureau and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
have partnered to create the Commodity Flow Survey database. This database has information on the flow of
goods, including chemical goods, in the United States. Click here to go to a website from which this
database can be accessed.
The database gives the values of shipments, the tons
shipped, and the ton miles for several categories of goods including these chemically-related
categories: basic chemicals; chemical products and preparations; and plastics
and rubber.
The following three tables provide data from the database
for these chemically-related categories:
|
basic chemicals 2012
|
mode
|
value
|
tons
|
ton miles
|
value per ton
|
|
|
truck
|
$
186,106,000,000
|
182,168,000
|
45,771,000,000
|
$
1,022
|
|
|
rail
|
$
57,198,000,000
|
87,867,000
|
72,691,000,000
|
$
651
|
|
|
water
|
$ 32,882,000,000
|
45,384,000
|
19,789,000,000
|
$
725
|
|
|
pipeline
|
$
19,374,000,000
|
24,655,000
|
na
|
$
786
|
|
|
air
|
$
3,175,000,000
|
189,000
|
246,000,000
|
$
16,799
|
|
|
totals
|
$
298,735,000,000
|
340,263,000
|
138,497,000,000
|
$
878
|
|
chemical products 2012
|
mode
|
value
|
tons
|
ton miles
|
value per ton
|
|
|
truck
|
$
297,815,000,000
|
94,925,000
|
36,332,000,000
|
$
3,137
|
|
|
rail
|
$
10,593,000,000
|
6,460,000
|
6,528,000,000
|
$
1,640
|
|
|
air
|
$
4,220,000,000
|
139,000
|
186,000,000
|
$
30,360
|
|
|
totals
|
$
312,628,000,000
|
101,524,000
|
43,046,000,000
|
$
3,079
|
|
plastics & rubber
2012
|
mode
|
value
|
tons
|
ton miles
|
value per ton
|
|
|
truck
|
$
493,180,000,000
|
171,062,000
|
90,106,000,000
|
$
2,883
|
|
|
rail
|
$
426,582,000,000
|
124,202,000
|
54,373,000,000
|
$
3,435
|
|
|
air
|
$
59,702,000,000
|
46,034,000
|
35,370,000,000
|
$
1,297
|
|
|
totals
|
$
979,464,000,000
|
341,298,000
|
179,849,000,000
|
$
2,870
|
From these tables, the total value sum of basic chemicals, chemicals
products, and plastics and rubber shipped in 2012 is $1.6 trillion. (Value amounts represent the net sales value of
the goods shipped.) The value per ton computations
in the tables suggest, as an average, the relative pricing power of basic chemicals
versus chemical products versus plastics and rubber.
This Census Bureau/Bureau of Transportation Statistics database
should be of use to chemical shippers.
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