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Jul 22, 2015

Grain movement is going well

Qurom is reporing that . . . .

Stocks in Store
• Country stocks this week remained at 2.9 MMT utilizing 69% of the system’s working capacity. Space in
elevators is good. Producer deliveries to primary elevators were 0.8 MMT in Week 49.
• Total western port terminal stocks increased to 1.0 MMT this week, utilizing 57% of the working capacity.
 

Railway Car Supply
• Railcar allocation plans were supplied by CN to Week 51 while CP’s allocation has been calculated using
monthly reports to week 17. (see page 3 for details) Shippers report that rail service and order fulfillment
continues to meet demand to Western Ports. Car allocation to Churchill is underway.

Shipments
• Year to date Western Canadian shipments from port terminal elevators at Week 49 are 23% higher than the
same period last year and 29% higher than the 5-year average.

 

Full story at https://www.grainmonitor.ca/Downloads/WeeklyReports/GMPGOCWeek49.pdf

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