Revenues from Egypt’s Suez Canal were $1.255 billion for the first quarter of 2012, a rise of $36.4 million -- or 3 percent -- on the same period the year before, state news agency MENA reported on Thursday
Income from the international waterway was $1.218 billion between January and March 2011, according to an official cited by MENA.
Revenue for the month of March 2012 was $428 million.
The waterway is a vital source of foreign currency for Egypt, along with tourism, oil and gas exports and remittances from Egyptians living abroad.
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