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Iowa

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Iowa $180,543 - $211,441 223,289 - 303,425
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 1.3 - 1.5 2.0 - 2.6

 

Commodities Originating in Iowa

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
34 Machinery 8.2 - 13.6
43 Mixed freight 6.5 - 11.3
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 4.5 - 11.5
04 Animal feed, eggs, honey, and other products of animal origin 5.9 - 9.5
NA NA
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in Iowa

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 11.3 - 24.9
04 Animal feed, eggs, honey, and other products of animal origin 12.2 - 19.2
02 Cereal grains (includes seed) 11.3 - 17.1
07-R Other prepared foodstuffs, and fats and oils 6.8 - 11.6
03 Agricultural products (excludes animal feed, cereal grains, and forage products) 5.3 - 11.9
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from Iowa

Destination % of Value
Iowa 31.5 - 39.9
Illinois 7.5 - 9.3
Texas 5.0 - 6.8
Minnesota 3.8 - 5.2
Missouri 3.2 - 4.6
California 2.6 - 3.4
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from Iowa

Destination % of Weight
Iowa 57.9 - 67.1
Texas 4.2 - 8.2
Illinois 3.7 - 5.1
Minnesota 2.8 - 5.0
Missouri 1.2 - 3.4
Nebraska 1.4 - 2.2
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Iowa

Origin % of Value
Iowa 35.2 - 42.6
Illinois 10.2 - 13.2
Minnesota 5.9 - 10.7
Nebraska 2.9 - 5.5
Wisconsin 3.5 - 4.5
Missouri 1.7 - 4.9
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Iowa

Origin % of Weight
Iowa 61.0 - 71.6
Wyoming 4.7 - 11.3
Illinois 2.7 - 4.9
Nebraska 1.6 - 3.8
Wisconsin 1.0 - 2.0
Missouri 0.6 - 1.4
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Iowa

Mode % of Value
Truck 75.8 - 78.8
Air (includes truck and air) 0.3 - 0.3
Rail 9.6 - 12.6
Water 0.3 - 1.1
Pipeline1 0.0 - 0.5
Multiple modes2 8.7 - 12.3
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 4.4 - 7.4
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Iowa

Mode % of Weight
Truck 71.8 - 79.8
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail 13.3 - 20.7
Water 0.4 - 2.2
Pipeline1 0.0 - 0.2
Multiple modes2 3.9 - 7.9
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.1 - 0.1
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Iowa

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 21.3 - 28.9
50 to 99 6.9 - 9.9
100 to 249 16.4 - 21.6
250 to 499 12.5 - 15.5
500 to 749 8.9 - 10.7
750 to 999 10.2 - 15.6
1,000 to 1,499 7.2 - 9.4
1,500 to 1,999 1.6 - 3.0
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Iowa

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 48.6 - 61.4
50 to 99 5.9 - 9.9
100 to 249 8.0 - 13.4
250 to 499 5.1 - 8.3
500 to 749 3.5 - 7.1
750 to 999 5.7 - 11.1
1,000 to 1,499 3.8 - 7.4
1,500 to 1,999 0.3 - 0.7
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Iowa

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 0.1 - 0.5
31-33 Manufacturing 54.0 - 62.8
42 Wholesale trade 28.8 - 38.4
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage 3.1 - 7.1
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.4 - 1.2
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 0.2 - 1.2
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in Iowa

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 13.0 - 27.6
31-33 Manufacturing 37.4 - 49.2
42 Wholesale trade 30.9 - 39.3
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers NA
49313 Warehousing and storage 0.4 - 1.2
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.