Table A7: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to Washington
Table A7: Estimates of Annual Domestic Commodity Inflows to Washington
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 | 64 | 98 | 53.7 | 1.5 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 1,146 | 1,612 | 40.6 | 1.4 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 991 | 687 | -30.8 | 0.8 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 160 | 227 | 41.9 | 2.1 |
| Fabricated metal products | 319 | 417 | 30.5 | 1.8 |
| Farm products | 12,771 | 11,207 | -12.3 | 1.6 |
| Food or kindred products | 3,871 | 3,778 | -2.4 | 1.9 |
| Forest and fishing products | 1 | 2 | 27.3 | N/A |
| Furniture or fixtures | 125 | 123 | -1.3 | 1.4 |
| Instruments, photographic goods, optical goods, watches, or clocks | 10 | 56 | 480.7 | 1.8 |
| Leather or leather products | 7 | 15 | 113.0 | 1.5 |
| Lumber or wood products, excluding furniture | 1,940 | 1,112 | -42.7 | 0.6 |
| Machinery, excluding electrical | 239 | 229 | -4.1 | 2.1 |
| Miscellaneous products or manufacturing | 52 | 92 | 78.4 | 1.3 |
| Primary metal products | 586 | 920 | 57.0 | 1.8 |
| Pulp, paper, or allied products | 519 | 1,010 | 94.8 | 2.5 |
| Rubber or miscellaneous plastics products | 163 | 317 | 94.4 | 1.4 |
| Textile mill products | 67 | 101 | 50.5 | 1.5 |
| Transportation equipment | 325 | 624 | 91.8 | 1.8 |
| Waste or scrap materials | 214 | 61 | -71.5 | 0.7 |
| Total, all commodities | 23,569 | 22,686 | -3.7 | 1.5 |
| Weighted average error: 21.3% | ||||
| Mean absolute error: 71.0% | ||||
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 two-state West Coast Region (California and Washington).