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Wednesday, June 2, 2004 For-Hire Trucking (Commodity Origin and Destination) SurveyFirst and second quarters 2003 (preliminary)Tonnage carried by Canada-based long-distance for-hire carriers amounted to 148 million metric tonnes of freight in the first two quarters of 2003. This was a 4.3% increase from the 142 million tonnes carried in the same period of 2002. Although domestic activities accounted for 72% of the total tonnage and 80% of the total shipments, transborder movements generated 47% of the total revenues earned and 52% of the total tonne-kilometres for these carriers. Available on CANSIM: table 403-0001. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2741. For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release contact Ron Chretien (613-951-8774; fax: 613-951-0579; ron.chretien@statcan.gc.ca) or Jan Patenaude (613-951-4889; fax: 613-951-0579; jan.patenaude@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division. |
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