_#_Currency: Egyptian pound (plural—pounds); 1 Egyptian pound (5E) = 100 piasters
_#_Exchange rates: Egyptian pounds (5E) per US$1—2.9030 (January 1991), 2.7072 (1990), 2.5171 (1989), 2.2233 (1988), 1.5183 (1987), 1.3503 (1986), 1.3010 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June
_*Communications #_Railroads: 5,110 km total; 4,763 km 1,435-meter standard gauge, 347 km 0.750-meter gauge; 951 km double track; 25 km electrified
_#_Highways: 51,925 km total; 17,900 km paved, 2,500 km gravel, 13,500 km improved earth, 18,025 km unimproved earth
_#_Inland waterways: 3,500 km (including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta); Suez Canal, 193.5 km long (including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 meters of water
_#_Pipelines: crude oil, 1,171 km; refined products, 596 km; natural gas, 460 km
_#_Ports: Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Bur Safajah, Damietta
_#_Merchant marine: 144 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,121,534 GRT/1,725,369 DWT; includes 5 passenger, 7 short-sea passenger, 2 passenger-cargo, 85 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 13 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 14 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 15 bulk
_#_Civil air: 43 major transport aircraft