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.