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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Short Michael John   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol C H ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC [CHRW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President, Global Forwarding (Last) (First) (Middle) 14701 CHARLSON ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/29/2019 (Street) EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 01/29/2019   A   9,922 (1) A $ 0 24,174 (2) (3) D   Common Stock               144 I By 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option (right to buy)

$ 58.25

01/29/2019

A

2,412

(4)

12/04/2023

Common Stock

2,412

$ 0

8,317

D

Option (right to buy)

$ 74.57

01/29/2019

A

3,532

(5)

12/03/2024

Common Stock

3,532

$ 0

7,310

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Short Michael John 14701 CHARLSON ROAD EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347			President, Global Forwarding

Signatures

/s/ Jessica Homes, Attorney-in-Fact for Michael John Short		01/31/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents Performance-based restricted stock units that vested on January 29, 2019, have been credited to the reporting person's account in the Issuer's NQDC Plan and will be settled on a 1 for 1 basis in shares of the Issuer's common stock.
(2)	Includes 285 shares acquired pursuant to the Issuer's employee stock purchase plan.
(3)	Included in this amount are 23,890 shares of Issuer common stock issuable in settlement of an equal number of deferred shares credited to the reporting person's NQDC Plan account.
(4)	Performance-based stock option granted December 4, 2013 that vests, becomes exercisable and reportable as and to the extent applicable performance conditions are satisfied.
(5)	Performance-based stock option granted December 3, 2014 that vests, becomes exercisable and reportable as and to the extent applicable performance conditions are satisfied.

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