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Virginia

Monday, July 18, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Virginia $213,649 - $263,503 160,108 - 186,814
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 1.5 - 1.9 1.4 - 1.6

 

Commodities Originating in Virginia

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
43 Mixed freight 7.7 - 16.5
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 5.8 - 15.4
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment 6.1 - 11.9
24 Plastics and rubber 3.7 - 6.3
21 Pharmaceutical products 3.3 - 6.5
All other commodities NA
Total NA

Commodities Originating in Virginia

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 14.2 - 25.6
15 Coal 9.0 - 21.4
31 Non-metallic mineral products 6.7 - 13.3
26 Wood products 4.1 - 9.5
07-R Other prepared foodstuffs, and fats and oils 3.5 - 7.9
All other commodities NA
Total NA

 

Shipments Originating from Virginia

Destination % of Value
Virginia 39.0 - 49.2
Maryland 5.0 - 9.4
North Carolina 4.0 - 5.8
Pennsylvania 3.9 - 4.9
Texas 2.3 - 4.5
New York 2.7 - 3.5
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Originating from Virginia

Destination % of Weight
Virginia 60.7 - 69.1
North Carolina 5.4 - 9.4
Maryland 3.6 - 7.2
Pennsylvania 2.2 - 3.6
West Virginia 1.2 - 2.6
Ohio 0.5 - 3.1
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Virginia

Origin % of Value
Virginia 31.1 - 38.5
North Carolina 5.4 - 9.4
Maryland 4.8 - 9.6
Pennsylvania 4.3 - 6.9
New Jersey 2.6 - 5.2
New York 2.9 - 4.3
All other states NA
Total NA

Shipments Inbound to Virginia

Origin % of Weight
Virginia 45.3 - 55.9
North Carolina 3.3 - 5.5
Maryland 3.6 - 5.0
Pennsylvania 2.2 - 3.2
Kentucky 0.8 - 4.0
New York 0.3 - 2.5
All other states NA
Total NA

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Virginia

Mode % of Value
Truck 82.2 - 88.8
Air (includes truck and air) 1.2 - 3.4
Rail 1.0 - 2.0
Water 0.0 - 0.4
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 7.9 - 13.1
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 7.8 - 12.6
Other modes NA
Total NA

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Virginia

Mode % of Weight
Truck 83.3 - 90.9
Air (includes truck and air) NA
Rail 6.9 - 14.9
Water 0.3 - 1.1
Pipeline1 NA
Multiple modes2 0.8 - 1.6
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.3 - 0.3
Other modes NA
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Virginia

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 27.0 - 39.8
50 to 99 11.1 - 13.3
100 to 249 14.3 - 21.9
250 to 499 14.9 - 17.5
500 to 749 5.9 - 8.9
750 to 999 3.5 - 6.1
1,000 to 1,499 2.1 - 4.7
1,500 to 1,999 0.8 - 1.8
2,000 or more 2.5 - 4.3
Total NA

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Virginia

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 50.1 - 62.5
50 to 99 8.5 - 12.5
100 to 249 13.2 - 19.4
250 to 499 7.9 - 15.3
500 to 749 1.9 - 2.9
750 to 999 1.1 - 1.9
1,000 to 1,499 0.6 - 1.0
1,500 to 1,999 NA
2,000 or more NA
Total NA

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Virginia

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 0.9 - 1.9
31-33 Manufacturing 34.6 - 46.6
42 Wholesale trade 33.1 - 46.3
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.6 - 2.4
45431 Fuel dealers 0.2 - 0.6
49313 Warehousing and storage 9.1 - 20.5
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers NA
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 0.1 - 2.3
Total NA

Industry for Shipments Originating in Virginia

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 28.4 - 41.6
31-33 Manufacturing 26.2 - 37.2
42 Wholesale trade 21.6 - 30.0
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses NA
45431 Fuel dealers 0.4 - 0.8
49313 Warehousing and storage NA
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.