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Rail Time Indicators Pulp and paper products

September 3, 2010 by timbercommunity


Pulp and paper products
The combined US and Canadian Avarage weekly rail carloads of pulp and paper products has increased during the summer months. The combined US and Canadian rail carloads of pulp and paper for August 2010 was up 5,9% over August 2009 and down 18,5% from August 2008. 


U.S. RAIL TRAFFIC: AUGUST 2010

  Aug. '10
 Aug. '09 Aug. '08
 Difference '10-'09 % change '10-'09
Forest products 40,530 38,967 52,963 1,563 4.0%
Primary forest products (3) 6,452 6,750 8,919 -298 -4.4%
Lumber & wood products 10,209 9,717 14,705 492 5.1%
Pulp & paper products 23,869 22,500 29,339 1,369 6.1%

 
CANADIAN RAIL TRAFFIC: AUGUST 2010

  Aug. '10 Aug. '09 Aug. '08
 Difference '10-'09 % change '10-'09
Forest products 28,566 28,039 35,533 527 1.9%
Primary forest products (3) 5,716 5,899 7,200 -183 -3.1%
Lumber & wood products 8,083 8,142 10,273 -59 -0.7%
Pulp & paper products 14,767 13,998 18,060 769 5.5%

 

The AAR traffic report details rail carloadings by railroad for 19 different major commodity categories, as well as intermodal units (truck trailers and shipping containers). Railroads reporting to the AAR collectively account for around 95% of total U.S. and Canadian freight traffic. However, on a seasonally adjusted basis, U.S. rail carloads fell 1.6% in August 2010 from
July 2010