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TABLE A7-13: FOR-HIRE TRUCKING TRAFFIC BY SECTOR AND COMMODITY GROUP, 2004
(Billion tonne-kilometres)
SCTG Commodity 1 Categories Domestic International Total Share
(per cent)
Miscellaneous & other manufactured goods        
20.25 19.64 39.89 21.6
Agriculture and food products 18.21 17.32 35.52 19.2
Forest products 14.30 19.10 33.40 18.1
Base metal, steel & alloys products        
7.98 10.49 18.47 10.0
Plastics & chemical products 5.77 8.74 14.51 7.8
Auto & other transport products 2.13 7.06 9.20 5.0
Machinery & equipment 3.10 4.47 7.57 4.1
Cement & mineral non-metal products        
3.95 3.17 7.12 3.8
Ores, minerals & concentrates 4.23 2.72 6.95 3.8
Petroleum products 5.92 0.88 6.79 3.7
Waste & scrap material 3.12 2.42 5.54 3.0
Total 88.96 96.00 184.96 100.0
(Billion dollars)
SCTG Commodity 1 Categories Domestic International Total Share
(per cent)
Miscellaneous & other manufactured goods        
2.41 1.97 4.38 26.0
Agriculture & food products 1.61 1.23 2.84 16.9
Forest products 0.99 1.20 2.19 13.0
Base metal, steel & alloys products        
0.71 0.84 1.54 9.2
Auto & other transport products 0.51 0.88 1.39 8.3
Plastics & chemical products 0.62 0.75 1.37 8.2
Machinery & equipment 0.63 0.58 1.21 7.2
Cement & mineral non-metal products        
0.35 0.23 0.58 3.4
Petroleum products 0.50 0.07 0.57 3.4
Ores, minerals & concentrates 0.27 0.14 0.41 2.5
Waste & scrap material 0.22 0.12 0.34 2.0
Total 8.82 8.01 16.83 100.0

1 Based on Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG).

Source: Transport Canada, adapted from Statistics Canada, Special Tabulation


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