Currency: 1 Egyptian pound (LE) = 100 piasters
Exchange rates: Egyptian pounds (LE) per US$1 - 3.4 (November 1994), 3.369 (November 1993), 3.345 (November 1992), 2.7072 (1990); market rate: 3.3920 (January 1996), 3.3900 (1995), 3.3910 (1994), 3.3718 (1993), 3.3386 (1992), 3.3322 (1991)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 4,751 km
standard gauge: 4,751 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 951 km
double track)
Highways:
total: 47,387 km
paved: 34,593 km
unpaved: 12,794 km (1992 est.)
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 m of water
Pipelines: crude oil 1,171 km; petroleum products 596 km; natural
gas 460 km
Ports: Alexandria, Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah,
Damietta, Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez
Merchant marine:
total: 164 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,187,290
GRT/1,833,108 DWT
ships by type: bulk 22, cargo 74, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker
14, passenger 33, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 15,
short-sea passenger 4 (1995 est.)