Table A2: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to New York
Table A2: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to New York
Excluding energy1
| Commodity | Observed inflows (000s of metric tons) |
Estimated inflows (000s of metric tons) |
Percentage error |
Distance ratio2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel or other finished textile products | 429 | 442 | 2.9 | 0.8 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 6,508 | 7,328 | 11.2 | 0.8 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 3,079 | 2,769 | -11.2 | 0.7 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 1,067 | 1,037 | -2.9 | 1 |
| Fabricated metal products | 2,264 | 1,901 | -19.1 | 1.3 |
| Farm products | 1,222 | 3,880 | 68.5 | 1.8 |
| Food or kindred products | 14,785 | 15,421 | 4.1 | 0.5 |
| Forest and fishing products | 113 | 122 | 7.7 | 0.8 |
| Furniture or fixtures | 570 | 654 | 12.9 | 0.8 |
| Instruments, photographic goods, optical goods, watches, or clocks | 202 | 180 | -11.7 | N/A |
| Leather or leather products | 43 | 40 | -9.5 | N/A |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 7,962 | 4,103 | -94.1 | 3.3 |
| Machinery, excluding electrical | 848 | 830 | -2.2 | N/A |
| Miscellaneous products or manufacturing | 528 | 446 | -18.4 | 0.8 |
| Primary metal products | 4,358 | 4,167 | -4.6 | N/A |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 7,241 | 6,969 | -3.9 | 0.6 |
| Rubber or miscellaneous plastics products | 1,381 | 1,309 | -5.5 | 1.1 |
| Textile mill products | 1,161 | 971 | -19.6 | N/A |
| Tobacco products, excluding insecticides | 17 | 27 | 35.1 | 0.6 |
| Transportation equipment | 2,872 | 2,437 | -17.9 | 0.8 |
| Waste or scrap materials | 408 | 1,053 | 61.2 | 0.9 |
| Total, all commodities | 57,060 | 56,086 | -1.7 | 0.8 |
| Weighted average error: 21.5% | ||||
| Mean absolute error: 30.1% | ||||
1 Energy commodities include mining, petroleum, and coal products.
2 Distance ratio is the average shipment distance for the commodity to the state divided by the national average.
Key: N/A not applicable.
Note: Observed inflows are obtained from the 1993 Commodity Flow survey. Estimates are derived from the inflows to the five-state Middle Atlantic Region (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania).