Table 3-1:  Domestic Shipments to Rhode Island by State: 1997,,,,,,,,
(Descending order by weight),,,,,,,,
State of origin,Rank,"Value
($ millions)",Weight (thousand short tons),,State of origin,Rank,"Value
($ millions)",Weight (thousand short tons)
Massachusetts,1,"2,992","2,279",,Washington,26,58,5
New Jersey,2,"1,427",633,,Nebraska,27,S,2
New York,3,686,380,,Arizona ,28,S,1
Connecticut,4,704,356,,Alaska,29,S,S
Pennsylvania,5,777,291,,Arkansas,29,S,S
Ohio,6,326,207,,Colorado ,29,S,S
Vermont,7,71,139,,District of Columbia,29,S,S
Maine,8,103,135,,Florida,29,191,S
Virginia ,9,294,115,,Georgia,29,121,S
North Carolina,10,413,104,,Hawaii,29,S,S
New Hampshire,11,166,101,,Idaho,29,S,S
South Carolina,12,188,92,,Iowa,29,44,S
Illinois,13,462,78,,Louisiana,29,15,S
Texas,14,185,70,,Maryland,29,69,S
Alabama,15,104,51,,Minnesota,29,S,S
Tennessee,16,195,46,,Montana,29,S,S
Kentucky,17,S,45,,Nevada,29,8,S
California ,18,524,43,,New Mexico,29,2,S
Wisconsin,19,278,37,,North Dakota,29,S,S
Mississippi,20,69,36,,Oklahoma,29,S,S
Michigan,21,135,30,,Oregon,29,S,S
Indiana,22,98,19,,Rhode Island,29,"3,443",S
Delaware,23,45,15,,Utah,29,S,S
Missouri,24,94,14,,West Virginia,29,17,S
South Dakota,25,13,12,,Wyoming,29,S,S
Kansas,26,26,5,,From all states,,"15,300","20,541"
KEY: S = data do not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability or other reasons.,,,,,,,,
"NOTES: The Commodity Flow Survey covers business establishments in mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and selected retail industries.  The survey also covers selected auxiliary establishments (e.g., warehouses) of in-scope multiunit and retail companies.  The survey excludes establishments classified as farms, forestry, fisheries, governments, construction, transportation, foreign establishments, services, and most establishments in retail.  Due to industry-wide reporting problems, shipments by oil and gas extraction establishments are also excluded.  ""From all states"" total includes all domestic shipments to the destination state, including intrastate shipments.",,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 1997 Commodity Flow Survey, Washington, DC: 1999, available at http://www.bts.gov/ntda/cfs/cfs97od.html as of Nov. 2, 2001.",,,,,,,,