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Railway carloading statistics for non-intermodal traffic by commodity in Canada — Total

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Railway carloading statistics for non-intermodal traffic by commodity in Canada — Total
Table summary
This table displays railway carloadings statistics for non-intermodal traffic by commodity in Canada. The information is grouped by specific month on an annual basis, number of rail cars, metric tonnes (appearing as column headers) and list of commodities (appearing as rows)
  December 2013 December 2012
Number of rail cars Metric tonnes Number of rail cars Metric tonnes
Wheat 18,640 1,772,992 20,223 1,910,703
Other cereal grains 3,883 326,067 4,298 356,216
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 3,364 318,690 1,948 181,096
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts 1 19 22 412
Colza seeds (canola) 8,795 728,312 9,222 756,439
Other oil seeds and nuts, other agricultural product 4,652 420,238 3,708 333,608
Animal feed and products 2,857 253,636 2,421 216,160
Meat, fish, seafood and preparations 3 43 16 218
Milled grain production and preparations, bakery products 981 71,577 1,050 79,811
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 4,244 365,157 4,751 412,036
Sugar 285 24,705 392 33,504
Prepared food stuffs, not elsewhere classified 274 14,987 302 16,668
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 1,031 83,834 1,485 123,469
Sand, gravel and crushed stone 1,046 97,099 1,490 137,196
Salt 851 76,415 960 88,325
Phosphate rock 787 77,854 734 66,296
Sulphur 4,057 383,919 5,317 499,609
Gypsum 1,027 100,627 999 97,705
Other non-metallic minerals 1 719 63,162 680 59,003
Iron ores and concentrates 27,201 2,458,632 28,123 2,538,609
Copper ores and concentrates 794 73,792 772 72,375
Nickel ores and concentrates 1,250 91,581 1,770 131,109
Lead ores and concentrates 0 0 146 10,561
Zinc ores and concentrates 438 38,371 1,233 100,704
Other metallic ores and concentrates 4,166 378,213 4,062 368,866
Coal 28,099 2,904,442 29,111 3,053,967
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 2,010 159,105 2,437 186,170
Fuel oils and crude petroleum 16,031 1,333,071 12,302 1,009,467
Gaseous hydrocarbons, including liquid petroleum gas (LPG's) 7,161 447,932 7,257 454,883
Coal coke and petroleum coke 2,446 164,331 3,229 253,153
Other refined petroleum and coal products 3,666 287,790 4,962 399,531
Sulphuric acid 2,407 216,354 2,540 228,510
Alumina 3,277 302,122 3,351 309,603
Other basic chemicals 7,573 646,469 7,586 647,591
Potash 10,824 1,076,006 12,357 1,202,952
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 3,643 299,799 4,160 340,807
Other chemical products and preparations 2,736 223,426 712 46,068
Plastic and rubber 4,062 333,785 4,002 332,663
Logs and other wood in the rough 332 20,912 390 24,736
Wood chips 2,556 148,282 2,547 147,399
Lumber 9,429 775,669 8,448 686,165
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 3,761 321,820 3,639 313,820
Wood pulp 7,338 628,220 8,326 715,416
Newsprint 2,182 151,256 2,555 172,927
Paper and paperboard, except printed products 2,849 212,007 2,827 199,798
Cement 1,297 129,773 1,425 137,702
Other non-metallic mineral products 285 21,610 111 7,634
Iron and steel, primary or semi-finished 3,139 265,800 3,519 302,420
Copper, primary or semi-finished 236 20,445 143 12,419
Aluminum, primary or semi-finished 2,491 214,566 2,748 237,253
Other non-ferrous metal, primary or semi-finished 1,185 102,327 981 86,406
Articles of base metal 975 68,246 1,190 81,941
Machinery 357 8,272 473 7,731
Automobiles and mini-vans 11,040 200,554 10,520 195,147
Freight motor vehicles 4,078 70,434 5,319 95,933
Other vehicles 22 283 171 4,863
Parts and accessories for motor vehicles 416 9,421 517 12,284
Other transportation equipment 610 23,289 508 15,279
Metallic waste and scrap 3,473 283,227 2,706 215,376
Non-metallic waste and scrap 763 42,907 757 45,800
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 305 15,211 281 12,285
Pool car traffic of freight forwarder and ship associated 9 123 3 78
Mixed loads or unidentified freight 8,513 132,023 8,188 118,957
Less than carload shipments ... 27 ... 25
Total non-intermodal traffic loaded 2 252,922 20,481,258 258,422 20,905,857
1.
Includes loadings of gypsum.
2.
Excludes goods transported in containers or trailers on flat cars.
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