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Monthly Railway Carloadings
August 2008
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Highlights
- Canadian railways loaded 22.6 million metric tonnes in August, a decrease of 9.0% from August 2007.
- The drop in loadings was largely the result of declines in non-intermodal loadings of agricultural and food products, such as wheat and colza seeds, and forestry and paper products, such as lumber and other wood products. Manufactured products, particularly parts and accessories for motor vehicles, also fell during the month.
- The decline in these commodity groups, combined with decreases in other groups, pushed non-intermodal loadings down to 20.2 million metric tonnes, a decrease of 9.7% from last year’s level.
- Intermodal loadings fell 3.6% from August 2007, to 2.5 million metric tonnes. The decline was the result of a drop in both containers and trailers loaded on flat cars.
- Rail freight traffic received from the U.S. increased 1.0% from last year’s level to 2.9 million metric tonnes.
Note: CANSIM Table 404-0002 has been modified to include additional railway carloading components from January 1999 to July 2008.
