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Thursday, April 17, 2003 For-hire Trucking (Commodity Origin and Destination) SurveyFirst and second quarters 2002 (preliminary)Tonnage carried by Canada-based long-distance for-hire carriers amounted to 142 million metric tonnes of freight in the first two quarters of 2002. This was up 4.4% from the 136 million tonnes carried in the same period of 2001. Although domestic activities accounted for 72% of the total tonnage and 80% of the total shipments, transborder movements generated 45% of the total revenues earned and 49% of the total tonne-kilometres for these carriers. Available on CANSIM: table 403-0001. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Jean-Robert Larocque (613-951-2486; laroque@statcan.gc.ca) or John Nicoletta (613-951-0520; fax: 613-951-0579; john.nicoletta@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division. [an error occurred while processing this directive] |
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