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Michigan

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Michigan $393,507 - $460,847 228,110 - 289,820
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 2.9 - 3.3 2.0 - 2.6

 

Commodities Originating in Michigan

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 28.7 - 35.3
43 Mixed freight 6.4 - 10.0
34 Machinery 6.7 - 8.9
32 Base metal in primary or semi-finished forms and in finished basic shapes 3.7 - 5.9
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment 3.4 - 6.0
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in Michigan

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 17.9 - 21.9
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 7.2 - 8.2
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) NA
32 Base metal in primary or semi-finished forms and in finished basic shapes NA
31 Non-metallic mineral products 4.3 - 7.3
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from Michigan

Destination % of Value
Michigan 42.2 - 47.6
Ohio 6.2 - 8.4
Indiana 4.3 - 5.7
NA NA
Illinois 4.1 - 5.5
New York 3.3 - 4.3
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from Michigan

Destination % of Weight
Michigan NA
Ohio NA
Indiana 5.8 - 6.6
Wisconsin NA
Illinois NA
Pennsylvania 1.6 - 2.0
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Michigan

Origin % of Value
Michigan 41.9 - 47.1
Ohio 8.6 - 11.8
Illinois 6.9 - 9.1
Indiana 5.2 - 7.0
Texas 2.3 - 3.1
California 1.8 - 3.2
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Michigan

Origin % of Weight
Michigan 54.9 - 62.3
Ohio 5.7 - 7.9
Wyoming 2.5 - 7.9
Indiana 3.2 - 5.4
Illinois 3.2 - 5.0
Montana 1.0 - 4.0
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Michigan

Mode % of Value
Truck 75.2 - 81.4
Air (includes truck and air) 1.1 - 1.9
Rail 1.2 - 2.6
Water 0.1 - 0.1
Pipeline1 0.0 - 2.1
Multiple modes2 14.4 - 19.8
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 8.4 - 10.6
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Michigan

Mode % of Weight
Truck 59.0 - 72.2
Air (includes truck and air) 0.1 - 0.1
Rail 8.0 - 20.4
Water 6.6 - 18.0
Pipeline1 0.0 - 3.9
Multiple modes2 3.6 - 8.4
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.3 - 0.3
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Michigan

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 29.6 - 35.4
50 to 99 9.1 - 11.7
100 to 249 16.9 - 19.9
250 to 499 11.5 - 12.9
500 to 749 10.4 - 13.0
750 to 999 3.6 - 4.6
1,000 to 1,499 6.1 - 7.1
1,500 to 1,999 3.3 - 4.1
2,000 or more 0.2 - 0.6
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Michigan

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 40.7 - 52.5
50 to 99 8.7 - 14.5
100 to 249 13.6 - 21.2
250 to 499 10.1 - 20.7
500 to 749 3.5 - 7.1
750 to 999 1.2 - 1.6
1,000 to 1,499 1.1 - 1.9
1,500 to 1,999 0.6 - 1.0
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Michigan

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 0.0 - 0.8
31-33 Manufacturing 51.4 - 59.4
42 Wholesale trade 32.7 - 39.7
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.3 - 1.1
45431 Fuel dealers 0.0 - 0.4
49313 Warehousing and storage 3.7 - 6.7
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 1.1 - 1.9
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in Michigan

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 21.6 - 36.6
31-33 Manufacturing 30.2 - 42.6
42 Wholesale trade 24.7 - 38.7
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers 0.0 - 0.8
49313 Warehousing and storage 1.2 - 2.6
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 0.2 - 0.6
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.