Table A5: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to Illinois
Table A5: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to Illinois
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 | 276 | 257 | -6.7 | 0.7 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 10,705 | 9,858 | -7.9 | 0.9 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 4,372 | 4,014 | -8.2 | 0.6 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 677 | 598 | -11.7 | 0.6 |
| Fabricated metal products | 1,269 | 1,272 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Farm products | 646 | 1,709 | 164.5 | 0.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 7,956 | 10,725 | 34.8 | 1.0 |
| Forest and fishing products | 5 | 8 | 61.0 | 0.7 |
| Furniture or fixtures | 338 | 324 | -4.4 | 0.7 |
| Instruments, photographic goods, optical goods, watches, or clocks | 55 | 75 | 38.0 | 0.7 |
| Leather or leather products | 43 | 28 | -35.0 | 0.7 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 3,309 | 2,910 | -12.1 | 1.0 |
| Machinery, excluding electrical | 610 | 669 | 9.7 | 0.6 |
| Miscellaneous products or manufacturing | 278 | 261 | -6.0 | 0.6 |
| Ordnance or accessories | 15 | 8 | -42.7 | N/A |
| Primary metal products | 6,710 | 5,591 | -16.7 | 0.7 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 4,117 | 5,008 | 21.6 | 0.3 |
| Rubber or miscellaneous plastics products | 1,190 | 1,054 | -11.5 | 0.8 |
| Textile mill products | 336 | 277 | -17.6 | 0.7 |
| Tobacco products, excluding insecticides | 6 | 12 | 105 | 0.6 |
| Transportation equipment | 1,460 | 1,597 | 9.4 | 0.8 |
| Waste or scrap materials | 1,115 | 811 | -27.3 | 0.7 |
| Total, all commodities | 45,488 | 47,066 | 3.5 | 0.7 |
| Weighted average error: 18.3% | ||||
| Mean absolute error: 29.6% | ||||
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 the five-state Great Lakes Region (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin).