The datafile is on one CD-ROM disc.
Documentation is on the disc.
Contains search and retrieval software. Adobe Acrobat Reader included. The 1993 CFS also reports commodities that are shipped in containers, commodities that are hazardous materials, and those shipments that were exports. Commissioned by the BTS, the Bureau of the Census collected data from approximately 200,000 business establishments in the U.S., selected by geographic location and industry. Census collected the data for each quarter of 1993 and the total sample was approximately 12 million shipments.