Freight traffic from U.S. rail connections continues to drop in Canada


By Lin Wei
  • World
  • Saturday, 26 Jul 2025

OTTAWA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Freight traffic volume received from U.S. rail connections in Canada fell 13.2 percent year over year to 3.6 million tonnes in May, the fourth straight month of double-digit declines in tonnage, Statistics Canada said Friday.

The figure was the lowest recorded for May in four years and came after large year-over-year decreases of 15 percent in March and 22.5 percent in April, said the national statistical agency.

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