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Table 10a. Shipment Characteristics by NAICS (1) for the United States: 2012

Monday, July 13, 2015

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(Estimates are based on data from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey. Because of rounding, estimates may not be additive)

NAICS code NAICS title Value Tons Ton-miles (2) Average miles per shipment
(million dollars) (thousands) (millions)
  Total 13,852,143 11,299,409 2,969,506 630
212 Mining (except oil and gas) 99,888 2,900,863 859,267 47
31–33 Manufacturing 5,679,313 4,155,850 1,279,523 713
311 Food manufacturing 744,573 545,892 261,169 239
312 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 142,936 159,843 49,408 292
313 Textile mills 30,328 7,101 3,731 765
314 Textile product mills 21,595 5,096 2,313 918
315 Apparel manufacturing 12,462 515 402 1,169
316 Leather and allied product manufacturing 4,870 688 707 1,105
321 Wood product manufacturing 76,802 211,440 59,705 341
322 Paper manufacturing 180,585 156,327 83,270 532
323 Printing and related support activities 79,263 21,535 10,296 769
324 Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 835,321 1,222,084 165,106 216
325 Chemical manufacturing 785,839 609,778 313,078 887
326 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 216,973 59,798 33,421 764
327 Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 98,603 707,054 73,594 180
331 Primary metal manufacturing 265,380 189,419 87,875 602
332 Fabricated metal product manufacturing 333,287 96,723 38,545 562
333 Machinery manufacturing 402,610 36,938 26,510 889
334 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 331,636 4,576 3,791 1,164
335 Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 120,145 16,619 12,347 998
336 Transportation equipment manufacturing 782,011 80,977 38,028 806
337 Furniture and related product manufacturing 66,809 14,850 9,652 792
339 Miscellaneous manufacturing 147,284 8,599 6,571 1,003
42 Wholesale trade 6,119,269 3,780,403 723,220 413
423 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 2,605,062 969,034 228,502 455
4231 Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers 540,855 66,571 31,340 381
4232 Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers 66,139 16,524 9,024 672
4233 Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers 114,200 329,887 31,865 87
4234 Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers 437,435 22,255 12,219 642
4235 Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers 202,708 151,632 49,683 223
4236 Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers 450,951 26,276 12,083 517
4237 Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers 125,401 18,443 5,011 257
4238 Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers 433,454 64,434 14,655 323
4239 Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers 233,919 273,012 62,620 829
424 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 3,514,207 2,811,368 494,718 321
4241 Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers 96,163 39,288 7,602 314
4242 Drugs and druggists’ sundries merchant wholesalers 535,889 12,815 6,710 487
4243 Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers 121,916 9,535 8,015 997
4244 Grocery and related product merchant wholesalers 647,284 336,965 66,571 123
4245 Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers 239,194 642,820 260,458 265
4246 Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers 153,656 104,935 22,535 223
4247 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers 1,319,585 1,396,357 77,968 74
4248 Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers 120,471 55,359 2,973 43
4249 Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers 280,049 213,293 41,886 445
4541 Electronic shopping and mail-order houses 318,266 11,966 9,392 1,173
45431 Fuel dealers 35,694 36,034 734 19
4931 (3) Warehousing and storage 1,207,896 294,522 60,458 748
5111 Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers 49,500 11,660 2,130 S
551114 Corporate, subsidiary, and regional managing offices 342,317 108,111 34,782 769

KEY: S = Withheld because estimate did not meet publication standards.

(1) NAICS codes shown are those covered in the Commodity Flow Survey.

(2) Ton-miles estimates are based on estimated distances traveled along a modeled transportation network. See “Mileage Calculations” section for additional information.

(3) For tabulation and publication purposes, NAICS 484 is grouped with NAICS 4931.

NOTES: Value-of-shipments estimates have not been adjusted for price changes. Appendix B tables provide estimated measures of sampling variability. The Introduction and appendixes give information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, sample design and definitions. Links to this information on the Internet may be found at <www.census.gov/econ/cfs>.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census: Transportation Commodity Flow Survey, December 2014.