Table 5
Railway carloading statistics for non-intermodal traffic by commodity in Canada (year to date) — Eastern Division

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Railway carloading statistics for non-intermodal traffic by commodity in Canada (year to date) — Eastern Division

Table summary
This table displays the results of railway carloading statistics for non-intermodal traffic by commodity in canada (year to date) — eastern division january 2012 to january 2012 and january 2011 to january 2011, calculated using number of rail cars and metric tonnes units of measure appearing as column headers.
  January 2012 to January 2012 January 2011 to January 2011
Number of rail cars Metric tonnes Number of rail cars Metric tonnes
Wheat 838 76,798 1,749 157,530
Other cereal grains 652 57,350 1,139 101,254
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 44 3,907 33 2,365
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit
and nuts		 1 16 6 104
Colza seeds (canola) 0 0 0 0
Other oil seeds and nuts, other
agricultural product		 2,571 237,216 1,619 147,567
Animal feed and products 1,286 104,124 1,253 104,794
Meat, fish, seafood and preparations 2 25 36 825
Milled grain production and preparations,
bakery products		 238 11,730 201 10,681
Animal or vegetable fats, oils
and flours		 905 71,015 498 39,746
Sugar 397 34,213 416 36,499
Prepared food stuffs, not elsewhere
classified		 79 1,202 111 1,958
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 769 61,360 1,068 84,410
Sand, gravel and crushed stone 471 41,629 390 34,806
Salt 262 22,175 269 21,509
Phosphate rock 784 70,695 816 73,631
Sulphur 172 15,529 183 16,264
Gypsum Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Other non-metallic minerals  Note 1 1,138 107,001 1,603 151,653
Iron ores and concentrates 24,189 2,182,871 28,493 2,596,836
Copper ores and concentrates 148 12,093 584 50,098
Nickel ores and concentrates 1,370 102,869 1,668 129,970
Lead ores and concentrates 142 10,162 212 15,291
Zinc ores and concentrates 838 67,227 828 67,142
Other metallic ores and concentrates 2,404 222,527 2,362 216,346
Coal 1,523 123,769 1,076 96,752
Gasoline and aviation turbine
fuel		 1,533 121,390 2,013 155,313
Fuel oils and crude petroleum 4,085 322,470 3,369 270,011
Gaseous hydrocarbons, including
liquid petroleum gas (LPG's)		 3,240 207,933 3,092 199,156
Coal coke and petroleum coke 1,287 73,331 1,425 76,449
Other refined petroleum and coal
products		 1,843 141,412 1,409 107,512
Sulphuric acid 2,157 195,375 1,957 177,045
Alumina 2,284 211,910 2,447 226,882
Other basic chemicals 3,952 319,723 3,587 288,568
Potash 855 85,675 629 63,338
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 403 33,874 456 38,787
Other chemical products and preparations 763 41,550 801 50,374
Plastic and rubber 1,424 99,957 1,275 90,752
Logs and other wood in the rough 336 21,845 461 28,975
Wood chips 769 49,145 760 48,861
Lumber 1,953 154,709 1,878 153,365
Other wood products (plywood,
veneer)		 616 40,934 579 41,031
Wood pulp 1,808 148,344 2,633 216,033
Newsprint 1,980 135,655 2,202 148,204
Paper and paperboard, except
printed products		 2,686 181,884 2,927 196,756
Cement 625 62,052 578 56,548
Other non-metallic mineral products 117 7,256 112 6,817
Iron and steel, primary or semi-finished 4,553 379,294 4,093 342,785
Copper, primary or semi-finished 146 12,717 204 17,658
Aluminum, primary or semi-finished 2,216 191,780 2,413 202,619
Other non-ferrous metal, primary
or semi-finished		 368 34,245 349 30,963
Articles of base metal 744 47,014 668 43,269
Machinery 338 3,065 200 3,317
Automobiles and mini-vans 9,584 193,721 7,733 149,085
Freight motor vehicles 6,224 112,121 5,579 99,417
Other vehicles 58 2,129 30 481
Parts and accessories for motor
vehicles		 653 15,562 513 12,849
Other transportation equipment 364 14,248 387 14,011
Metallic waste and scrap 2,252 181,275 2,056 161,481
Non-metallic waste and scrap 456 35,757 366 20,073
Other manufactured and miscellaneous
goods		 145 4,109 251 9,466
Pool car traffic of freight forwarder
and ship associated		 1 30 1 54
Mixed loads or unidentified freight 8,560 124,757 7,975 116,079
Less than carload shipments Note ...: not applicable 31 Note ...: not applicable 48
Total non-intermodal traffic
loaded  Note 2		 112,601 7,645,782 114,021 8,022,463
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
1.
Includes loadings of gypsum.
2.
Excludes goods transported in containers or trailers on flat cars.