VOL. XXXVI

NO. 2

12-OCTOBER-1992

EGYPT

Suez Canal Oil Traffic Up 6.6% in 1991

The volume of crude oil and petroleum products transiting the Suez Canal inboth directions increased by 6.6% to 84,877,000 metric tons in 1991 from79,640,000 tons in 1990 (see table below). Northbound oil traffic accounted for70,535,000 tons in 1991 (up 7.2% from 65,796,000 tons in 1990) and southboundoil traffic for 14,342,000 tons in 1991 (up 3.6% from 13,844,000 tons in 1990).Crude oil accounted for 71.5% or...