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Rhode Island

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Rhode Island $34,381 - $56,769 17,462 - 35,976
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 0.2 - 0.4 0.1 - 0.3

 

Commodities Originating in Rhode Island

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 10.5 - 40.1
43 Mixed freight 8.8 - 25.0
18-R Fuel oils (includes diesel, bunker c, and biodiesel) 0.0 - 20.0
40 Miscellaneous manufactured products 5.0 - 11.2
21 Pharmaceutical products 1.0 - 12.0
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in Rhode Island

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 21.2 - 64.0
18-R Fuel oils (includes diesel, bunker c, and biodiesel) 0.3 - 34.3
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 0.0 - 26.7
19 Other coal and petroleum products, not elsewhere classified 0.0 - 11.4
31 Non-metallic mineral products 1.1 - 7.7
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from Rhode Island

Destination % of Value
Massachusetts 24.3 - 41.1
Rhode Island 22.3 - 38.7
Connecticut 4.3 - 11.3
New York 1.6 - 7.0
New Jersey 2.1 - 3.9
California 1.1 - 2.5
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from Rhode Island

Destination % of Weight
Rhode Island 41.7 - 65.9
Massachusetts 23.1 - 44.3
Connecticut 2.0 - 7.8
New York 0.7 - 2.1
New Jersey 0.2 - 1.0
New Hampshire 0.0 - 1.2
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Rhode Island

Origin % of Value
Rhode Island 28.4 - 47.4
Massachusetts 6.7 - 24.7
Connecticut 9.4 - 16.8
New York 3.6 - 5.8
NA NA
New Jersey 1.7 - 4.3
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Rhode Island

Origin % of Weight
Rhode Island 51.9 - 73.9
Massachusetts 5.4 - 19.0
Connecticut 6.0 - 14.8
Pennsylvania 0.4 - 6.6
New York 0.0 - 4.0
Maine 0.3 - 1.7
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island

Mode % of Value
Truck 77.6 - 88.2
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail 0.0 - 0.3
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 8.9 - 18.1
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 8.8 - 18.0
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island

Mode % of Weight
Truck 99.5 - 99.9
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail 0.0 - 0.3
Water NA
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 0.1 - 0.5
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.0 - 0.4
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 49.9 - 70.5
50 to 99 6.7 - 14.7
100 to 249 5.9 - 13.5
250 to 499 1.4 - 4.4
500 to 749 1.8 - 5.0
750 to 999 1.1 - 5.5
1,000 to 1,499 1.7 - 6.9
1,500 to 1,999 1.0 - 2.8
2,000 or more 1.9 - 5.5
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 78.7 - 95.9
50 to 99 1.5 - 9.1
100 to 249 0.2 - 8.6
250 to 499 0.4 - 1.2
500 to 749 0.0 - 0.8
750 to 999 0.0 - 1.3
1,000 to 1,499 0.0 - 0.8
1,500 to 1,999 0.1 - 0.5
2,000 or more 0.0 - 0.8
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 0.0 - 0.3
31-33 Manufacturing 13.3 - 34.9
42 Wholesale trade 36.3 - 66.3
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.0 - 2.5
45431 Fuel dealers 0.0 - 2.2
49313 Warehousing and storage 4.6 - 31.0
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.0 - 0.7
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices NA
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in Rhode Island

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 0.0 - 28.9
31-33 Manufacturing 7.5 - 21.5
42 Wholesale trade 49.6 - 90.6
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers 0.0 - 5.3
49313 Warehousing and storage 0.0 - 3.5
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.