To: Bean Counter
Canada works on the metric system, hence "tonne", and not "ton". One tonne is 1000 kilograms (methinks around 2200 pounds[?]).
9 posted on
06/04/2006 12:42:37 PM PDT by
AnnaZ
(Victory at all costs-in spite of all terror-however long and hard the road may be-for survival)
To: AnnaZ
2204 and a fraction lbs. Cocoa and numerous other commodities are also traded in metric tons ('tonnes').
13 posted on
06/04/2006 12:58:42 PM PDT by
SAJ
(b)
To: AnnaZ
Correct. a tonne is 2204.6 lbs or 1,000 kgs.
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