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    • 2017 Commodity Flow Survey - Preliminary Report

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    The 2012 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) is undertaken through a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, and the Research and Innovation Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of Transportation. This survey produces data on the movement of goods in the United States. It provides information on commodities shipped, their value, weight, and mode of transportation, as well as the origin and destination of shipments of manufacturing, mining, wholesale, and select retail and services establishments. The data from the CFS are used by public policy analysts and for transportation planning and decision making to access the demand for transportation facilities and services, energy use, and safety risk and environmental concerns. This dataset provides data for the Preliminary Report.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

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    https://www.census.gov/developers/

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 15, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Census Bureau
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://api.census.gov/data/id/CFSPRELIM2017
    Data Last Modified 2020-02-04 12:47:47.0
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 006:07
    C Dataset "cfsprelim"
    C Documentationlink https://www.census.gov/developer/
    C Exampleslink http://api.census.gov/data/2017/cfsprelim/examples.json
    C Geographylink http://api.census.gov/data/2017/cfsprelim/geography.json
    C Groupslink http://api.census.gov/data/2017/cfsprelim/groups.json
    C Isaggregate True
    C Isavailable True
    C Sorts Url http://api.census.gov/data/2017/cfsprelim/sorts.json
    C Tagslink http://api.census.gov/data/2017/cfsprelim/tags.json
    C Variableslink http://api.census.gov/data/2017/cfsprelim/variables.json
    C Vintage 2017
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 09f3a03b-2f80-4b9c-8d79-85a56fe2a1da
    Harvest Source Id bce99b55-29c1-47be-b214-b8e71e9180b1
    Harvest Source Title Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source
    License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
    Old Spatial United States
    Program Code 006:007
    Publisher Hierarchy U.S. Government > U.S. Department Of Commerce > U.S. Census Bureau
    Related Documents https://www.census.gov/developers/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash cc9f3e28a6388181dca326c8eb5353588558e002a9bd6017c8ce23146adb4868
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    Temporal 2017/2017

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