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North Dakota

Friday, August 12, 2016
  Value (in millions) Weight (in thousand tons)
Total Shipments Originating in North Dakota $45,743 88,071
Percent of Total U.S. shipments (%) 0.3 0.8

 

Commodities Originating in North Dakota

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Value
03 Agricultural products (excludes animal feed, cereal grains, and forage products) 14.4
34 Machinery 13.7
36 Motorized and other vehicles (includes parts) 11.6
02 Cereal grains (includes seed) 9.8
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 6.2
All other commodities 44.3
Total 100

Commodities Originating in North Dakota

2-Digit SCTG - Commodity Description % of Weight
15 Coal 24.5
02 Cereal grains (includes seed) 17.9
03 Agricultural products (excludes animal feed, cereal grains, and forage products) 13
17-R Gasoline, aviation turbine fuel, and ethanol (includes kerosene and fuel alcohols) 4.5
07-R Other prepared foodstuffs, and fats and oils 3.9
All other commodities 36.2
Total 100

 

Shipments Originating from North Dakota

Destination % of Value
North Dakota 51.4
Minnesota 10.3
Washington 6.6
Illinois 3.8
Wisconsin 3.1
California 2.3
All other states 22.5
Total 100

Shipments Originating from North Dakota

Destination % of Weight
North Dakota 67.4
Minnesota 7.9
Washington 6.1
Wisconsin 3.4
Illinois 2.7
Texas 1.4
All other states 11.1
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to North Dakota

Origin % of Value
North Dakota 38.9
Minnesota 13.3
Texas 7.1
Illinois 6.9
Wisconsin 4.5
Iowa 2.8
All other states 26.5
Total 100

Shipments Inbound to North Dakota

Origin % of Weight
North Dakota 72.2
Minnesota 9.6
Montana 6.3
Texas 1.3
South Dakota 1.1
Wisconsin 1
All other states 8.5
Total 100

 

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in North Dakota

Mode % of Value
Truck 68.1
Air (includes truck and air) 0.1
Rail 19.4
Water -
Pipeline1 4.1
Multiple modes2 7.6
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 5.3
Other modes 0.6
Total3 100

Mode of Transportation for Shipments Originating in North Dakota

Mode % of Weight
Truck 50.4
Air (includes truck and air) Z
Rail 25.7
Water -
Pipeline1 3.2
Multiple modes2 1.8
Parcel, U.S.P.S., or courier 0.1
Other modes 19
Total3 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in North Dakota

Miles Shipped % of Value
Less than 50 32
50 to 99 13.4
100 to 249 13.6
250 to 499 9.6
500 to 749 7.7
750 to 999 6
1,000 to 1,499 17.3
1,500 to 1,999 0.5
2,000 or more Z
Total 100

Distance Shipped for Shipments Originating in North Dakota

Miles Shipped % of Weight
Less than 50 53.6
50 to 99 10.2
100 to 249 6.6
250 to 499 9
500 to 749 3.7
750 to 999 4.7
1,000 to 1,499 12
1,500 to 1,999 S
2,000 or more S
Total 100

 

Industry for Shipments Originating in North Dakota

NAICS - Industry % of Value
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 1.6
31-33 Manufacturing 32.1
42 Wholesale trade 64.9
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 0.9
45431 Fuel dealers 0.4
49314 Warehousing and storage -
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers S
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices -
Total 100

Industry for Shipments Originating in North Dakota

NAICS - Industry % of Weight
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 40
31-33 Manufacturing 19.2
42 Wholesale trade 40.6
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses Z
45431 Fuel dealers 0.3
49314 Warehousing and storage -
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers S
551114 Corporate, subsidary, and regional managing offices -
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.