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Montana

Friday, August 12, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in Montana $30,561 90,511
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 0.2 0.8

 

Commodities Originating in Montana

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 18.5
18-R Fuel oils (includes diesel, bunker c, and biodiesel) 18.2
19 Other coal and petroleum products, not elsewhere classified 6.1
14 Metallic ores and concentrates 5.7
43 Mixed freight 5.1
All other commodities 46.4
Total 100

Commodities Originating in Montana

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
15 Coal 50.2
12 Gravel and crushed stone (excludes dolomite and slate) 9.8
18-R Fuel oils (includes diesel, bunker c, and biodiesel) 6.6
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 6.4
19 Other coal and petroleum products, not elsewhere classified 4.3
All other commodities 22.7
Total 100

 

Shipments Originating from Montana

Destination % of Value
Montana 56
Wyoming 8.2
Washington 6.2
California 4.7
Texas 2.5
North Dakota 2.3
All other states 20.1
Total 100

Shipments Originating from Montana

Destination % of Weight
Montana 33.5
Minnesota 13.9
Washington 10.1
Michigan 7.6
Maryland 7.1
Wisconsin 6.9
All other states 20.9
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Montana

Origin % of Value
Montana 24.1
California 13.1
Washington 7.3
Texas 6.6
Nevada 4.9
Illinois 4.7
All other states 39.3
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to Montana

Origin % of Weight
Montana 64.9
Illinois 2.6
Washington 2.6
Wyoming 2.2
California 2.1
Nevada 1.9
All other states 23.7
Total 100

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Montana

Mode % of Value
Truck 56.9
Air (includes truck and air) 3.5
Rail 15.4
Water -
Pipeline1 16
Multiple modes2 8.3
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 7.4
Other modes -
Total3 100

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in Montana

Mode % of Weight
Truck 27.5
Air (includes truck and air) Z
Rail 66
Water -
Pipeline1 5.6
Multiple modes2 0.9
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.1
Other modes -
Total3 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Montana

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 34.8
50 to 99 6.5
100 to 249 20.2
250 to 499 11.2
500 to 749 7.1
750 to 999 7.8
1,000 to 1,499 6.1
1,500 to 1,999 5.8
2,000 or more 0.5
Total 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in Montana

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 22.4
50 to 99 5.9
100 to 249 10.6
250 to 499 8
500 to 749 21.1
750 to 999 13.1
1,000 to 1,499 11
1,500 to 1,999 7.7
2,000 or more 0.1
Total 100

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in Montana

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 6.4
31-33 Manufacturing 37.4
42 Wholesale trade 53.7
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.5
45431 Fuel dealers 0.3
49314 Warehousing and storage 0.1
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 0.2
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 1.4
Total 100

Industry for Shipments Originating in Montana

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 60.8
31-33 Manufacturing 17.1
42 Wholesale trade 21.2
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses Z
45431 Fuel dealers 0.1
49314 Warehousing and storage Z
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers Z
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices 0.8
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.