Egypt's Suez Canal Q1 revenue at $1.69 billion

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers pass through the Suez Canal in Suez,Huiyuan Foreign Exchange Platform Egypt February 15, 2022. Picture taken February 15, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Suez Canal recorded revenue of $1.69 billion in the first quarter of 2022, up from $1.4 billion in the same period a year prior, the canal authority said in a statement on Saturday.

The canal is the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia and one of the Egyptian government's main sources of foreign currency.

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