With about 7.5 percent of world trade transiting the canal, which links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, income from the waterway provides Egypt with its third highest source of foreign currency after tourism and remittances from Egyptians working abroad.
Suez canal revenue surges in first half
With about 7.5 percent of world trade transiting the canal, which links the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, income from the waterway provides Egypt with its third highest source of foreign currency after tourism and remittances from Egyptians working abroad.