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Egypt's Suez canal revenue at $382 mln in February: government website

A fisherman travels in a boat in front of a French container ship of CMA CGM in the Suez canal near Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo May 2, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's revenue from the Suez Canal was $382 million in February, a government website said on Wednesday, down from $434.8 million in January. The fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia is one of Egypt's main sources of foreign currency.