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3. Government Spending on Transportation
4. Transportation Safety and Security
5. Transportation and the Environment
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8. Marine Transportation
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TABLE A6-28: RAIL MARINE IMPORTS BY COMMODITY, 1996 - 2002
  (Thousands of tonnes)
  1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Agricultural and food 48.8 30.6 39.4 66.4 85.6 92.9 108.6
Automotive 52.9 31.0 41.5 15.6 18.5 27.2 44.7
Chemicals 588.3 388.5 161.5 183.5 191.6 208.8 210.0
Coal         0.0 0.9 0.1
Fertilizer materials 2.4 4.0 36.5 1.4 2.1 1.9 3.6
Forest 30.7 22.7 33.3 30.3 35.0 27.7 42.1
Grains 22.7 7.6 11.0 3.3 6.6 3.0 34.2
Metals 104.5 96.0 126.1 72.0 113.7 114.3 123.9
Ores and mine products 1,155.3 1,136.1 1,317.4 963.0 665.6 560.9 367.2
Petroleum 77.5 45.6 1.4 2.0 3.3 17.0 20.0
Mixed/unidentified 1 4,671.2 5,387.6 5,237.1 5,771.6 6,803.2 6,686.3 7,853.6
Total 6,754.3 7,149.8 7,005.1 7,109.1 7,925.2 7,741.0 8,808.1
  1. Predominantly intermodal.

Source: Transport Canada


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