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Georgia

Thursday, August 11, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Georgia $395,725 272,760
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 2.9 2.4

 

Commodities Originating in Georgia

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
43 Mixed freight 12.1
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 8.8
35 Electronic and other electrical equipment and components, and office equipment 6.9
30 Textiles, leather, and articles of textiles or leather 6.1
21 Pharmaceutical products 5.8
All other commodities 60.3
Total 100

Commodities Originating in Georgia

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 22.4
31 Non-metallic mineral products 7.8
26 Wood products 7.2
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 7.1
13 Other non-metallic minerals, not elsewhere classified 5.6
All other commodities 49.9
Total 100

 

 

Shipments Originating from Georgia

Destination % of Value
Georgia 38.6
Florida 9.8
Texas 4.9
North Carolina 4.8
Alabama 4.7
South Carolina 4.7
All other states 32.5
Total 100

Shipments Originating from Georgia

Destination % of Weight
Georgia 64.6
Florida 8.1
Alabama 4
South Carolina 3.3
North Carolina 2.6
Texas 2.1
All other states 15.3
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Georgia

Origin % of Value
Georgia 38.7
North Carolina 6.4
Florida 4.8
Alabama 4.2
Tennessee 4.2
California 4.1
All other states 37.6
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Georgia

Origin % of Weight
Georgia 59.5
Wyoming 3.8
Louisiana 3.7
Alabama 3.4
Kentucky 3.1
Florida 3
All other states 23.5
Total 100

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Georgia

Mode % of Value
Truck 80.8
Air (includes truck and air) 4.2
Rail 2.4
Water S
Pipeline1 S
Multiple modes2 12.3
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 10.4
Other modes -
Total3 100

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Georgia

Mode % of Weight
Truck 87.7
Air (includes truck and air) S
Rail 8.4
Water S
Pipeline1 S
Multiple modes2 3.1
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.3
Other modes -
Total3 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Georgia

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 27.4
50 to 99 7.4
100 to 249 18.6
250 to 499 19.6
500 to 749 15.2
750 to 999 6.1
1,000 to 1,499 1.5
1,500 to 1,999 2.2
2,000 or more 2
Total 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Georgia

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 51.3
50 to 99 8.2
100 to 249 17.4
250 to 499 11.5
500 to 749 6.9
750 to 999 2.6
1,000 to 1,499 0.9
1,500 to 1,999 0.7
2,000 or more 0.5
Total 100

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Georgia

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 0.4
31-33 Manufacturing 38.9
42 Wholesale trade 42.3
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 1
45431 Fuel dealers 0.1
49314 Warehousing and storage 13.1
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.2
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 4
Total 100

Industry for Shipments Originating in Georgia

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 23.4
31-33 Manufacturing 39.4
42 Wholesale trade 31.4
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.1
45431 Fuel dealers 0.1
49314 Warehousing and storage 3.6
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.1
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices S
Total 100

S Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or poor response quality.

Z Less than half the unit shown. Represents an estimate that is between zero and half the unit shown, thus, has rounded to zero.

- Represents 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 The total percent for mode of transportation is the sum of Truck, Air, Rail, Water, Pipeline, Multiple modes, and Other modes. The Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier percentage is included in the Multiple modes percentage.

4 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.

* Please note that due to rounding, estimates may not total exactly to 100.

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.