Table 5

Egypt's Principal Sources of Foreign Exchange

(Percentages)

Years
Remit-tances
Oil Exports
Suez Canal
Tourism Revenues
Cotton Exports
Total %
Total ($bn)
1980/81
40.4
36.8
10.5
7.9
4.4
100
6.3
1981/82
31.4
42.7
14.2
7.1
4.6
100
5.4
1982/83
43.7
34.9
12.6
4.6
4.2
100
6.4
1983/84
49.4
30.0
11.4
3.9
5.3
100
7.2
1984/85
45.9
32.3
11.0
5.8
5.0
100
6.7
1985/86
42.4
33.0
14.3
5.0
4.9
100
6.1
1986/87
27.1
12.6
31.5
20.6
8.2
100
3.1

Source: National Bank of Egypt, Economic Bulletin, Vol. XL, Nos. 1,2 (Cairo 1987), p. 33. See also Appendix 3.