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TABLE A2-62: EFFICIENCY INDICATORS, TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES, 2001 - 2003
  Productivity (Annual per cent increase)   Unit Costs (Annual per cent increase)
  2001/00 2002/01 2003/02 2003/98   2001/00 2002/01 2003/02 2003/98
CN and CPR
  Labour 4.0 6.5 (0.1) 6.7   (2.0) (4.8) (1.1) (4.9)
  Fuel (0.8) (1.7) 0.9 2.8   4.0 (9.4) 3.3 2.3
  Capital (0.2) 4.6 2.3 4.9   (0.4) (1.9) (0.6) (1.5)
  Total 0.8 3.0 2.4 5.4   0.3 (2.5) (0.5) (2.7)
Trucking
  Labour 3.3 (0.5) (0.6) 1.7   (0.8) 5.0 1.8 1.1
  Fuel (2.8) (6.2) 3.4 0.6   1.9 (0.4) 4.5 5.1
  Capital 9.2 2.0 9.2 1.9   3.4 1.7 1.3 4.1
  Total 0.7 (1.1) (0.9) 0.6   2.1 3.0 4.0 2.4
Airline Industry
  Labour 12.8 (2.4) 6.2 3.0   8.2 2.4 (8.1) 3.6
  Fuel (0.7) 4.4 4.1 2.5   (6.4) (17.3) 15.5 6.8
  Capital 28.4 8.3 (16.5) 1.8   (9.1) (3.3) 6.4 (0.1)
  Total 8.3 (0.5) 1.3 2.0   (0.3) (0.1) (0.3) 2.4
Major Transport Industries 1
  Labour 5.6 0.1 0.9 2.9   1.1 2.8 (0.9) 0.6
  Fuel (2.3) (8.2) (0.7) (1.1)   (1.3) (7.9) 7.9 5.4
  Capital 12.8 5.0 (2.1) 3.1   (2.6) (1.2) 2.3 0.7
  Total 3.3 (0.2) 0.3 1.9   0.9 1.0 1.9 1.5
VIA Rail
  Labour 2.2 0.9 (8.8) 1.7   (3.1) 3.7 11.4 1.1
  Fuel 2.0 3.3 (9.0) (0.3)   22.0 (10.8) 7.2 5.8
  Capital (24.6) (4.9) (9.5) (4.9)   4.0 1.9 18.4 2.5
  Total (4.8) 1.6 (8.7) (0.4)   1.5 (0.3) 12.2 2.0
Transit
  Labour 2.0 (1.1) 3.5 1.4   5.2 3.0 2.9 2.1
  Fuel 0.8 (0.7) 9.0 2.0   4.9 (2.5) 5.0 5.4
  Capital (5.5) (0.6) (1.0) (1.5)   0.9 (0.0) 6.4 2.7
  Total 0.5 (1.0) 0.5 (0.1)   2.2 1.8 5.4 2.9
Total Transport
  Business carriers 3.3 (0.2) 0.3 1.9   0.9 1.0 1.9 1.5
  Public carriers (0.0) (0.8) (0.3) (0.1)   2.1 1.6 6.0 2.8
  Total 2.9 (0.3) 0.2 1.7   1.1 1.1 2.4 1.7

1 - CN and CPR, and the trucking and airline industries.

Source: Transport Canada, based on Statistics Canada and carriers' files


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