Suez Canal Nov revenue dips 8pc

Cairo, December 9, 2012

Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal fell 8 percent to $407.7 million in November compared to the previous month, the canal's official website said on Sunday.

Revenue in October was $443.1 million. In November 2011 it was $435.5 million.

The waterway is one of the country's main sources of foreign currency, alongside tourism, oil and gas exports and remittances from Egyptians living abroad. – Reuters

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