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Delaware

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Delaware $28,658 - $56,878 15,894 - 35,180
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 0.2 - 0.4 0.1 - 0.3

 

Commodities Originating in Delaware

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
21 Pharmaceutical products 8.4 - 42.4
24 Plastics and rubber 1.4 - 7.2
43 Mixed freight 1.1 - 5.1
23 Other chemical products and preparations, not elsewhere classified 0.6 - 5.4
40 Miscellaneous manufactured products 1.1 - 4.7
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in Delaware

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
04 Animal feed, eggs, honey, and other products of animal origin 1.3 - 19.3
20 Basic chemicals 0.0 - 17.9
11 Natural sands 1.7 - 8.7
#N/A NA
41 Waste and scrap 0.0 - 8.8
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from Delaware

Destination % of Value
Delaware 21.8 - 43.0
Pennsylvania 6.9 - 13.5
Maryland 3.9 - 16.3
New York 3.3 - 7.7
New Jersey 2.0 - 6.8
Texas 0.4 - 2.6
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from Delaware

Destination % of Weight
Delaware 55.8 - 77.8
Maryland 4.4 - 14.0
Pennsylvania 4.9 - 12.9
New Jersey 2.1 - 5.3
New York 0.8 - 1.8
Virginia 0.6 - 1.4
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Delaware

Origin % of Value
Delaware 19.6 - 44.2
New Jersey 6.1 - 15.7
Pennsylvania 7.3 - 12.5
New York 0.9 - 8.5
Virginia 0.6 - 8.2
North Carolina 1.3 - 4.9
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Delaware

Origin % of Weight
Delaware 44.9 - 68.3
Pennsylvania 7.9 - 16.7
Maryland 6.8 - 14.4
New Jersey 0.2 - 12.0
Virginia 1.2 - 3.0
Ohio 0.0 - 3.0
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Delaware

Mode % of Value
Truck 68.3 - 88.9
Air (includes truck and air) 0.0 - 4.2
Rail NA
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 8.9 - 25.7
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 7.6 - 24.8
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Delaware

Mode % of Weight
Truck 90.2 - 100.0
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail NA
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 0.0 - 5.9
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.0 - 1.8
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Delaware

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 33.4 - 58.6
50 to 99 3.4 - 12.2
100 to 249 6.9 - 13.5
250 to 499 12.0 - 26.6
500 to 749 1.9 - 14.3
750 to 999 0.0 - 7.6
1,000 to 1,499 0.7 - 3.7
1,500 to 1,999 0.1 - 0.9
2,000 or more 1.7 - 2.7
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Delaware

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 71.9 - 87.3
50 to 99 4.3 - 9.5
100 to 249 3.2 - 6.2
250 to 499 0.8 - 6.2
500 to 749 0.2 - 5.6
750 to 999 0.4 - 1.2
1,000 to 1,499 0.0 - 1.8
1,500 to 1,999 NA
2,000 or more 0.3 - 1.1
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Delaware

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) NA
31-33 Manufacturing 36.5 - 69.5
42 Wholesale trade 22.2 - 56.2
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.0 - 2.4
45431 Fuel dealers 0.4 - 0.8
49313 Warehousing and storage NA
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.0 - 0.3
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices NA
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in Delaware

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 2.5 - 9.1
31-33 Manufacturing 55.7 - 80.9
42 Wholesale trade 8.7 - 28.9
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.0 - 0.3
45431 Fuel dealers 0.6 - 1.6
49313 Warehousing and storage 0.4 - 11.4
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.

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.