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Table 6: Railway Carloading Statistics for Non-Intermodal Traffic by Commodity in Canada (YTD) - Western Division

	January 2002 to April 2002		January 2001 to April 2001
	Cars	Metric Tonnes	Cars	Metric Tonnes
Wheat	63,140	5,651,069	71,541	6,394,052
Other cereal grains	9,473	760,729	20,452	1,604,848
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables	4,737	387,343	10,082	839,573
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts	0	0	0	0
Colza seeds (canola)	10,163	794,333	24,856	1,952,229
Other oil seeds and nuts, other agricultural product	1,876	152,511	2,150	171,588
Animal feed and products	2,222	176,049	3,905	304,923
Meat, fish, seafood and preparations	0	0	5	233
Milled grain production and preparations, bakery products	4,063	299,474	3,929	288,970
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours	6,401	523,523	8,329	656,399
Sugar	139	12,540	67	6,051
Prepared food stuffs, not elsewhere classified	531	31,385	260	13,576
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages	149	12,284	136	11,245
Sand, gravel and crushed stone	7,051	609,375	6,565	584,276
Salt	1,280	111,360	1,092	93,867
Phosphate rock	4	327	0	0
Sulphur	23,455	2,257,638	22,250	2,149,053
Gypsum	x	x	x	x
Other non-metallic minerals²	1,498	132,158	837	74,674
Iron ores and concentrates	0	0	0	0
Copper ores and concentrates	2,178	194,964	2,277	203,768
Nickel ores and concentrates	0	0	0	0
Lead ores and concentrates	1,634	145,370	1,258	105,407
Zinc ores and concentrates	0	0	2	175
Other metallic ores and concentrates	436	39,365	1,899	185,437
Coal	102,750	10,363,403	117,741	12,004,461
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel	1,747	127,151	1,345	98,245
Fuel oils and crude petroleum	8,962	693,275	8,359	640,255
Gaseous hydrocarbons, including liquid petroleum gas (LPG's)	11,073	704,197	10,409	654,885
Coal coke and petroleum coke	2,686	209,002	2,582	202,863
Other refined petroleum and coal products	4,201	332,870	2,937	235,990
Sulphuric acid	1,134	100,307	940	83,450
Alumina	49	3,416	51	3,594
Other basic chemicals	19,192	1,670,583	17,499	1,530,473
Potash	52,099	4,970,680	49,525	4,717,391
Fertilizers (excluding potash)	18,772	1,573,876	17,778	1,494,271
Other chemical products and preparations	736	63,161	879	74,869
Plastic and rubber	8,082	694,451	6,846	587,334
Logs and other wood in the rough	9,874	693,191	9,204	652,054
Wood chips	21,608	1,310,442	24,784	1,512,007
Lumber	35,069	2,785,237	32,150	2,536,578
Other wood products (plywood, veneer)	10,217	761,663	8,846	619,770
Wood pulp	23,652	1,927,167	22,034	1,790,956
Newsprint	4,764	295,996	6,079	384,952
Paper and paperboard, except printed products	5,184	373,208	4,792	346,199
Cement	3,448	319,241	3,319	307,892
Other non-metallic mineral products	916	75,501	904	74,670
Iron and steel, primary or semi-finished	1,940	155,154	2,503	197,865
Copper, primary or semi-finished	588	44,455	381	27,741
Aluminum, primary or semi-finished	147	12,170	158	12,633
Other non-ferrous metal, primary or semi-finished	687	46,827	429	29,207
Articles of base metal	2,065	149,378	1,421	101,384
Machinery	147	5,939	223	10,935
Automobiles and mini-vans	8,727	112,912	6,824	85,714
Freight motor vehicles	1,250	15,385	983	11,510
Other vehicles	133	4,972	10	378
Parts and accessories for motor vehicles	5	63	2	157
Other transportation equipment	2,071	52,545	1,882	53,362
Metallic waste and scrap	3,005	232,769	3,799	254,417
Non-metallic waste and scrap	1,977	125,060	2,480	147,207
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods	415	18,469	685	33,378
Pool car traffic of freight forwarder and ship associated	27	1,340	10	310
Mixed loads or unidentified freight	17	627	173	6,031
Less than carload shipments		0		0

Total non-intermodal traffic loaded³	509,846	43,317,880	552,858	47,165,732

2. Includes carloadings of gypsum.
3. Excludes goods transported in containers or trailers on flat cars.
- nil or zero.
x confidential figures.