1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Minnesota
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1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: Minnesota
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in Minnesota | $110.2 billion | 189.9 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Food or kindred products | 21.8 |
| Machinery, including computers | 10.6 |
| Electrical machinery, equipment, or supplies | 6.5 |
| Farm products | 6.5 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 5.6 |
| Other commodities | 48.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Farm products | 20.7 |
| Metallic ores | 18.9 |
| Food or kindred products | 16.8 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 12.7 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 7.5 |
| Other commodities | 23.5 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 40.0 |
| Wisconsin | 6.9 |
| Illinois | 4.8 |
| California | 4.8 |
| Texas | 3.9 |
| Iowa | 3.4 |
| Other States | 36.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in Minnesota Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 58.7 |
| Wisconsin | 6.2 |
| Ohio | 4.7 |
| Illinois | 4.5 |
| Iowa | 2.0 |
| North Dakota | 1.1 |
| Other States | 22.8 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Minnesota
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 14.1 | 0.4 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 70.8 | 60.1 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 2.7 | - | |
| Rail | 5.0 | 20.1 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | 0.1 | ** | |
| Pipeline* | 0.6 | 1.9 | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | 1.6 | 0.3 | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | ** | ** | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 5.1 | 17.2 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in Minnesota
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 26.9 | 42.4 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 8.7 | 13.5 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 13.6 | 10.7 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 12.6 | 8.8 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 11.5 | ** |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 13.8 | 8.1 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 3.9 | 0.4 |
| 2,000 miles or more | 0.2 | - |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 |
* CFS data for pipelines exclude most shipments of crude oil.
** Some or all data suppressed to avoid disclosure or because data are statistically unreliable.
- Represents zero or less than 1 unit of measurement.
NOTE: Data are estimates based on a sample and subject to error. See Appendix B, "Reliability of the Data," in source document.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1992 Census of Transportation, Communications, and Utilities, 1993 Commodity Flow Survey, TC92-CF (Washington, DC: 1996).