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Colorado

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Colorado $140,463 - $177,137 143,884 - 194,786
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 1.0 - 1.2 1.3 - 1.7

 

Commodities Originating in Colorado

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
43 Mixed freight 11.3 - 16.5
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment 8.6 - 13.4
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 3.9 - 10.1
38 Precision instruments and apparatus 2.9 - 9.5
34 Machinery 4.2 - 7.4
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in Colorado

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 13.6 - 35.6
15 Coal 12.8 - 26.4
31 Non-metallic mineral products 6.3 - 8.9
04 Animal feed, eggs, honey, and other products of animal origin 3.7 - 9.1
43 Mixed freight 2.3 - 4.9
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from Colorado

Destination % of Value
Colorado 40.4 - 50.2
California 3.7 - 9.1
Texas 4.0 - 6.6
Utah 2.6 - 5.2
Wyoming 2.1 - 3.1
Washington 1.4 - 3.2
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from Colorado

Destination % of Weight
Colorado 70.5 - 75.9
Illinois 0.7 - 4.7
Kentucky 0.9 - 3.9
Utah 1.2 - 3.4
Texas 1.2 - 2.6
New Mexico 1.1 - 2.5
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Colorado

Origin % of Value
Colorado 38.4 - 49.4
California 7.6 - 11.6
Texas 5.3 - 10.1
Illinois 2.6 - 3.6
Ohio 0.4 - 5.2
Michigan 1.5 - 2.3
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Colorado

Origin % of Weight
Colorado 64.9 - 79.9
Wyoming 4.8 - 19.0
Nebraska 0.3 - 3.9
Texas 0.9 - 2.3
California 1.2 - 1.6
Utah 0.6 - 1.4
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Colorado

Mode % of Value
Truck 68.9 - 76.9
Air (includes truck and air) 2.3 - 4.1
Rail 1.3 - 2.3
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 18.1 - 26.1
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 16.0 - 23.4
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Colorado

Mode % of Weight
Truck 70.3 - 83.5
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail 13.0 - 25.8
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 1.8 - 5.4
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.3 - 0.3
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Colorado

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 26.4 - 33.8
50 to 99 7.3 - 9.1
100 to 249 8.1 - 12.5
250 to 499 8.2 - 12.2
500 to 749 6.9 - 10.9
750 to 999 13.0 - 20.0
1,000 to 1,499 7.7 - 11.3
1,500 to 1,999 5.0 - 6.8
2,000 or more 0.1 - 0.5
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Colorado

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 53.8 - 64.8
50 to 99 6.6 - 12.0
100 to 249 6.7 - 11.9
250 to 499 3.5 - 7.9
500 to 749 2.7 - 4.9
750 to 999 4.7 - 8.7
1,000 to 1,499 2.9 - 5.9
1,500 to 1,999 0.4 - 2.6
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Colorado

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 1.4 - 2.4
31-33 Manufacturing 28.3 - 34.5
42 Wholesale trade 49.4 - 58.6
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.4 - 2.2
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage 5.4 - 8.0
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.2 - 1.0
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 1.2 - 6.6
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in Colorado

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 38.6 - 55.0
31-33 Manufacturing 17.5 - 29.3
42 Wholesale trade 17.9 - 36.5
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage 0.7 - 1.5
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 0.0 - 2.7
Total NA

NA Not applicable. The estimate and/or standard error needed to calculate the 90% confidence interval was either suppressed (because of high sampling variability or poor response quality), rounded to zero, or a data cell equal to zero.

1 Estimates for pipeline exclude shipments of crude petroleum (SCTG 16).

2 Multiple modes inlcudes Parcel, U.S.P.S, or courier, Truck-Rail, Truck-Water, Rail-Water, and Other multiple modes.

3 For tabulation and publication purposes, NAICS 484 is grouped with NAICS 4931.

07-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel were included in SCTG 07. In the 2012 CFS, oils and fats treated for use as biodiesel moved to SCTG 18.

08-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, alcohols intended for use as fuel such as ethanol, although not specifically identified, were included in SCTG 08. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol moved to SCTG 17.

17-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, fuel alcohols such as ethanol were included in SCTG 08, although not specifically identified. Also, kerosene was included in SCTG 19. In the 2012 CFS, ethanol, fuel alcohols, and kerosene moved to SCTG 17.

18-R Prior to the 2012 CFS, biodiesel, although not specifically identified, was included in SCTG 07. In the 2012 CFS, biodiesel moved to SCTG 18.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2012 Commodity Flow Survey data, December 2014.