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Tuesday, July 29, 2003 Monthly railway carloadingsMay 2003In May, loadings on Canadian railways (excluding intermodal loadings) totalled 248,000 rail cars and 19.3 million metric tonnes, an 11.8% drop in tonnage from May 2002. Tonnage decreased 3.2% from April to May 2003. Potash, wheat and other non-metallic minerals, and crushed stone were the most important contributor to this decrease, more than offsetting the increases of iron ores and cement. The cumulative tonnage of commodities loaded (excluding intermodal loadings) in the first five months of 2003 reached 94.3 million tonnes, compared with 102 million tonnes in 2002. Loadings for intermodal traffic (containers on flat cars and trailers on flat cars) increased 11.7% from the same period of 2002. A little less than 2.4 million tonnes of intermodal cargo were loaded in May 2003, up 6.1% from April. Loadings originating from the United States reached 2.7 million tonnes, up 7% from April. The cumulative total for the first five months of 2003 amounted to 12.8 million tonnes. The noteworthy increase of 496% in loadings of prepared foodstuff was a result of the supplies sent to support military activities in Afghanistan. Available on CANSIM: table 404-0002. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2732. The May 2003 issue of Monthly railway carloadings, Vol. 80, no. 5 (52-001-XIE, $8/$77) is now available. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Jean-Robert Larocque (1-866-500-8400; fax: 1-613-951-0009; transportationstatistics@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division. |
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