TABLE 1


FORECAST OF PANAMA CANAL TRAFFIC AND TOLLS—FY 1997-FY 2010

	Fiscal year—
	1996 (actual)	1997	1998	1999	2000	2005	2010
Oceangoing transit:
Total	13,721	13,140	13,011	13,168	13,629	14,481	15,387
Daily average	37.5	36.0	35.6	36.1	37.3	39.7	42.0
80' beam and over	7,264	7,056	7,079	7,215	7,578	8,324	9,848
Percent	52.9	53.7	54.4	54.8	55.6	57.5	64.0
100' beam and over	4,125	4,082	4,111	4,205	4,453	4,989	6,093
Percent	30.1	31.1	31.6	31.9	32.7	34.5	39.6
Tolls revenue (millions)1	$486.7	$510.8	$554.8	$577.9	$585.3	$661.3	$765.0
PC/UMS net tonnage (millions)	228.6	224.9	226.6	231.6	234.1	264.5	310.5

¹Includes toll rate increases of 8.2% effective January 1, 1997 and 7.5% scheduled for January 1, 1998; and the impact of the admeasurement rule change which includes certain above deck space in the tolls assessment to be effective July 1, 1997.