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Kentucky

Thursday, August 11, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Kentucky $268,530 285,812
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 1.9 2.5

 

Commodities Originating in Kentucky

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 27.4
32 Base metal in primary or semi-finished forms and in finished basic shapes 6.6
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 5.5
21 Pharmaceutical products 5.5
34 Machinery 5.5
All other commodities 49.5
Total 100

Commodities Originating in Kentucky

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
15 Coal 39.5
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 16.8
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 5.5
32 Base metal in primary or semi-finished forms and in finished basic shapes 4
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 3.5
All other commodities 30.7
Total 100

 

Shipments Originating from Kentucky

Destination % of Value
Kentucky 29.3
Ohio 7.4
Indiana 5.6
Tennessee 5.6
Texas 5.4
Illinois 4.5
All other states 42.2
Total 100

Shipments Originating from Kentucky

Destination % of Weight
Kentucky 47.8
Ohio 8.2
West Virginia 6
Louisiana 4.7
Tennessee 4.5
Georgia 3.2
All other states 25.6
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Kentucky

Origin % of Value
Kentucky 33.7
Ohio 10.1
Illinois 7.3
Tennessee 6.3
Indiana 6.1
Michigan 3.5
All other states 33
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Kentucky

Origin % of Weight
Kentucky 60
Ohio 5.6
Indiana 5.3
Illinois 4.7
Wyoming 4.2
Tennessee 3.4
All other states 16.8
Total 100

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Kentucky

Mode % of Value
Truck 74.4
Air (includes truck and air) 1.6
Rail 3.4
Water 1.7
Pipeline1 4.1
Multiple modes2 14.9
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 11.6
Other modes -
Total3 100

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Kentucky

Mode % of Weight
Truck 52.9
Air (includes truck and air) Z
Rail 18.8
Water S
Pipeline1 4.2
Multiple modes2 3.2
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.2
Other modes -
Total3 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Kentucky

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 26.3
50 to 99 7.3
100 to 249 17.8
250 to 499 21.6
500 to 749 13
750 to 999 4.1
1,000 to 1,499 3.4
1,500 to 1,999 5.5
2,000 or more 1
Total 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Kentucky

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 38.8
50 to 99 7.9
100 to 249 21.2
250 to 499 19.9
500 to 749 9.4
750 to 999 1.2
1,000 to 1,499 0.7
1,500 to 1,999 0.7
2,000 or more 0.1
Total 100

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Kentucky

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 2.3
31-33 Manufacturing 47.5
42 Wholesale trade 38.9
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 1.1
45431 Fuel dealers 0.1
49314 Warehousing and storage 7.8
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers S
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices S
Total 100

Industry for Shipments Originating in Kentucky

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 56.4
31-33 Manufacturing 26.8
42 Wholesale trade 15.4
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses Z
45431 Fuel dealers 0.1
49314 Warehousing and storage 1.1
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.