Ethiopia-Eritrea: Let the Facts and Figures Speak for Themselves
Table 1: Port Fees as Percentage of Eritrean Government Revenue;
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit/IMF 3rd Quarter 1998.
(million Birr) 1993 1994 1995 1996
Revenue 893.2 1,026.5 1,345.2 1,389.9
Port Fees 244.5 152.9 233.5 281.9
Port Fee Percentage 27.3% 14.8% 17.4% 20.3%




Table 2: Financial Policies of Newly Independent Countries 1990 - 1997;
(de-facto or de-jure independence)
Countries that issued new currency upon independence and lost access to funds from former Central Bank:

Croatia, Somaliland, Slovakia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Belarus, Tajikistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Bosnia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyztan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova
Countries allowed to use former currency and to borrow from former country's Central Bank:

Eritrea