CAIRO - Egypt's Suez Canal revenues are expected to hit $7 billion in 2022 versus $6.3 billion in 2021, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in an interview with Saudi-owned Asharq television on Sunday.

Earlier on Sunday, Osama Rabie said that a project to expand parts of the Suez Canal was expected to be completed after two years of work in July 2023.

(Reporting by Moataz Mohamed; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise) ((moataz.mohamed@thomsonreuters.com;))