1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: North Dakota
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1993 Commodity Flow Survey State Summary: North Dakota
Tabulation by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
| Summary | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Total shipments originating in North Dakota | $10.5 billion | 60.8 million tons |
| Percent of total U.S. shipments (preliminary U.S. estimate) | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in North Dakota Ranked by Value
| Commodity | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| Farm products | 25.8 |
| Food or kindred products | 25.3 |
| Machinery, including computers | 10.6 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 9.3 |
| Chemicals or allied products | 4.9 |
| Other commodities | 24.1 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Commodity Shipments Originating in North Dakota Ranked by Weight
| Commodity | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| Farm products | 31.5 |
| Petroleum or coal products | 13.7 |
| Food or kindred products | 6.6 |
| Nonmetallic minerals | 3.3 |
| Clay, concrete, glass, or stone products | 2.2 |
| Other commodities | 42.6 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in North Dakota Ranked by Value
| State | Percent of value |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 37.5 |
| Minnesota | 27.4 |
| Wisconsin | 3.3 |
| Texas | 3.2 |
| South Dakota | 3.1 |
| Illinois | 2.6 |
| Other States | 22.9 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Domestic Destinations of Shipments Originating in North Dakota Ranked by Weight
| State | Percent of weight |
|---|---|
| North Dakota | 56.1 |
| Minnesota | 21.7 |
| South Dakota | 6.1 |
| Wisconsin | 2.7 |
| Oregon | 1.6 |
| Texas | 1.6 |
| Other States | 10.2 |
| Total | 100.0 |
Modes of Transportation for Shipments Originating in North Dakota
| Modes | Percent of value | Percent of weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parcel, U.S. Postal Service, or courier service | 5.7 | 0.1 | |
| Truck (for-hire, private, and both private truck and for-hire truck) | 63.2 | 28.6 | |
| Air (including truck and air) | 0.1 | - | |
| Rail | 19.5 | 35.7 | |
| Water (inland water, Great Lakes, deep sea, truck and water, and rail and water) | - | - | |
| Pipeline* | ** | ** | |
| Truck and rail intermodal combination | ** | ** | |
| Other intermodal (truck and pipeline, inland and Gt. Lakes, inland and deep sea) | - | - | |
| Other, unknown, and withheld for sampling and disclosure reasons | 11.5 | 35.6 | |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Domestic Distance Shipped for Commodities Originating in North Dakota
| Distance | Percent of value | Percent of weight |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 50 miles | 22.0 | 44.7 |
| 50 to 99 miles | 12.9 | 9.3 |
| 100 to 249 miles | 25.0 | 14.5 |
| 250 to 499 miles | 12.7 | 17.4 |
| 500 to 749 miles | 8.4 | 5.1 |
| 750 to 999 miles | 5.3 | ** |
| 1,000 to 1,499 miles | 13.2 | 7.0 |
| 1,500 to 1,999 miles | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 2,000 miles or more | - | - |
| 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).