|
|
Value (in millions) |
Weight (in thousand tons) |
|
Total Shipments Originating in North Carolina |
$356,743 - $414,721 |
195,592 - 245,746 |
|
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) |
2.6 - 3.0 |
1.8 - 2.2 |
Commodities Originating in North Carolina
|
2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description |
% of Value |
|
43 Mixed freight |
10.9 - 14.9 |
|
21 Pharmaceutical products |
6.5 - 14.9 |
|
34 Machinery |
6.7 - 11.5 |
|
30 Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather |
6.6 - 8.0 |
|
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment |
4.8 - 9.2 |
|
All other commodities |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Commodities Originating in North Carolina
|
2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description |
% of Weight |
|
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) |
17.8 - 23.6 |
|
31 Non-metallic mineral products |
7.9 - 15.3 |
|
26 Wood products |
5.7 - 11.1 |
|
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) |
3.4 - 10.8 |
|
43 Mixed freight |
4.6 - 6.8 |
|
All other commodities |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Shipments Originating from North Carolina
|
Destination |
% of Value |
|
North Carolina |
30.9 - 37.9 |
|
Georgia |
4.0 - 9.2 |
|
Virginia |
4.7 - 6.9 |
|
South Carolina |
4.8 - 6.6 |
|
Texas |
3.7 - 4.7 |
|
Ohio |
2.2 - 5.8 |
|
All other states |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Shipments Originating from North Carolina
|
Destination |
% of Weight |
|
North Carolina |
63.5 - 68.9 |
|
South Carolina |
6.1 - 9.7 |
|
Virginia |
3.7 - 5.1 |
|
Georgia |
2.2 - 3.0 |
|
Pennsylvania |
1.4 - 2.4 |
|
Texas |
1.4 - 1.8 |
|
All other states |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Shipments Inbound to North Carolina
|
Origin |
% of Value |
|
North Carolina |
38.2 - 45.2 |
|
Georgia |
4.7 - 7.3 |
|
South Carolina |
4.3 - 5.7 |
|
Virginia |
2.9 - 4.3 |
|
Pennsylvania |
1.3 - 5.7 |
|
Tennessee |
2.9 - 3.9 |
|
All other states |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Shipments Inbound to North Carolina
|
Origin |
% of Weight |
|
North Carolina |
52.2 - 61.8 |
|
West Virginia |
4.2 - 14.0 |
|
Virginia |
3.4 - 6.6 |
|
South Carolina |
4.0 - 5.8 |
|
Georgia |
2.1 - 3.5 |
|
Kentucky |
1.5 - 3.3 |
|
All other states |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
|
Mode |
% of Value |
|
Truck |
84.9 - 89.3 |
|
Air (includes truck and air) |
1.0 - 3.6 |
|
Rail |
0.6 - 1.4 |
|
Water |
NA |
|
Pipeline1 |
NA |
|
Multiple modes2 |
8.1 - 11.1 |
|
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier |
7.5 - 10.1 |
|
Other modes |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
|
Mode |
% of Weight |
|
Truck |
90.0 - 96.2 |
|
Air (includes truck and air) |
NA |
|
Rail |
1.8 - 6.6 |
|
Water |
NA |
|
Pipeline1 |
NA |
|
Multiple modes2 |
0.8 - 4.4 |
|
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier |
0.3 - 0.3 |
|
Other modes |
NA |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
|
Miles Shipped |
% of Value |
|
Less than 50 |
20.4 - 25.8 |
|
50 to 99 |
9.0 - 10.8 |
|
100 to 249 |
14.0 - 17.2 |
|
250 to 499 |
20.8 - 27.4 |
|
500 to 749 |
11.1 - 16.3 |
|
750 to 999 |
4.1 - 5.1 |
|
1,000 to 1,499 |
3.3 - 4.7 |
|
1,500 to 1,999 |
1.1 - 1.5 |
|
2,000 or more |
3.2 - 4.0 |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
|
Miles Shipped |
% of Weight |
|
Less than 50 |
51.2 - 58.8 |
|
50 to 99 |
9.4 - 12.6 |
|
100 to 249 |
12.6 - 15.8 |
|
250 to 499 |
8.0 - 11.6 |
|
500 to 749 |
3.9 - 7.1 |
|
750 to 999 |
1.7 - 2.1 |
|
1,000 to 1,499 |
1.1 - 1.9 |
|
1,500 to 1,999 |
NA |
|
2,000 or more |
0.5 - 0.9 |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Industry for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
|
NAICS - Industry |
% of Value |
|
212 Mining (except oil and gas) |
NA |
|
31-33 Manufacturing |
47.5 - 57.1 |
|
42 Wholesale trade |
29.1 - 35.7 |
|
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses |
0.6 - 1.6 |
|
45431 Fuel dealers |
0.1 - 0.5 |
|
49313 Warehousing and storage |
5.9 - 14.7 |
|
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers |
0.0 - 0.8 |
|
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices |
2.1 - 3.9 |
|
Total |
NA |
|
Industry for Shipments Originating in North Carolina
|
NAICS - Industry |
% of Weight |
|
212 Mining (except oil and gas) |
20.2 - 25.6 |
|
31-33 Manufacturing |
36.8 - 48.2 |
|
42 Wholesale trade |
21.5 - 29.5 |
|
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses |
NA |
|
45431 Fuel dealers |
0.1 - 0.9 |
|
49313 Warehousing and storage |
NA |
|
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers |
NA |
|
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices |
0.4 - 2.2 |
|
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.
