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District of Columbia

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in District of Columbia $1,662 - $3,356 1,529 - 4,569
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) NA NA

 

Commodities Originating in District of Columbia

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
08-R Alcoholic beverages and denatured alcohol 0.1 - 44.1
41 Waste and scrap 0.0 - 52.6
05 Meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and their preparations 0.0 - 21.3
31 Non-metallic mineral products 0.6 - 6.4
26 Wood products 0.0 - 13.3
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in District of Columbia

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
31 Non-metallic mineral products 25.3 - 69.3
41 Waste and scrap 19.4 - 66.6
05 Meat, poultry, fish, seafood, and their preparations 0.0 - 12.8
26 Wood products 0.0 - 7.2
06 Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products 0.0 - 0.6
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from District of Columbia

Destination % of Value
District of Columbia 35.7 - 59.1
Maryland 19.5 - 32.3
Virginia 9.3 - 21.1
Pennsylvania 1.7 - 7.5
New Jersey 0.0 - 1.3
Texas 0.0 - 3.8
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from District of Columbia

Destination % of Weight
District of Columbia 22.9 - 55.5
Virginia 16.3 - 35.3
Maryland 11.6 - 30.6
NA  
NA  
NA  
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to District of Columbia

Origin % of Value
Maryland 21.6 - 34.8
Virginia 8.0 - 23.0
District of Columbia 5.6 - 14.8
New Jersey 1.2 - 6.4
Pennsylvania 2.0 - 4.2
California 1.7 - 4.3
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to District of Columbia

Origin % of Weight
District of Columbia 17.8 - 39.8
Maryland 18.0 - 35.6
Virginia 14.2 - 34.4
Pennsylvania 1.6 - 3.4
West Virginia 0.3 - 4.3
North Carolina 0.0 - 3.8
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in District of Columbia

Mode % of Value
Truck 89.8 - 100.0
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail NA
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 0.0 - 10.2
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.0 - 10.2
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in District of Columbia

Mode % of Weight
Truck 99.6 - 100.0
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail NA
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 0.0 - 0.4
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.0 - 0.4
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in District of Columbia

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 69.3 - 90.1
50 to 99 NA
100 to 249 2.5 - 18.9
250 to 499 NA
500 to 749 0.0 - 0.8
750 to 999 0.0 - 1.0
1,000 to 1,499 NA
1,500 to 1,999 0.0 - 1.0
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in District of Columbia

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 52.5 - 84.7
50 to 99 NA
100 to 249 NA
250 to 499 NA
500 to 749 NA
750 to 999 NA
1,000 to 1,499 NA
1,500 to 1,999 NA
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in District of Columbia

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) NA
31-33 Manufacturing 0.0 - 22.0
42 Wholesale trade 77.9 - 105.3
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage NA
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 0.0 - 0.3
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in District of Columbia

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) NA
31-33 Manufacturing 26.4 - 67.8
42 Wholesale trade 32.2 - 73.6
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage NA
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices NA
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.

1Estimates 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.