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52-001-XIE
Monthly Railway Carloadings
May 2001

Highlights

  • In May 2001, the freight loaded by railways in Canada (excluding intermodal traffic) totalled 21.4 million metric tonnes. This represented a decrease of 4.0% compared to May 2000.

  • The intermodal tonnage, represented by "container-on-flat-cars" (C.O.F.C.) and "trailer-on-flat-cars" (T.O.F.C.) increased by 5.9% compared to the same period in 2000, to reach 3.4 million metric tonnes.

  • The five main loaded commodities were: coal (3.3 million metric tonnes), iron ores and concentrates (3.2 million metric tonnes), wheat (2.0 million metric tonnes), potash (1.3 million metric tonnes) and lumber (1.1 million metric tonnes).

  • The cumulative freight loaded (excluding intermodal traffic) for the first five months of 2001 reached 101.1 million metric tonnes.
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