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The chart and table give information about exports in five different categories during two years. The
chart shows the total earnings from exports, while the table shows the changes in terms of
percentage from one year to the next.
This country’s main export was petroleum products, which were valued at a little over $60 billion in
2015, and rose 3% over the next year. The next most valuable export was engineered goods, which
were worth about $57 billion in 2015, and more than $60 billion by the following year. Their growth
between 2015 and 2016 was 8.5%.
The next three categories of exports were worth far less. Gems and jewellery were worth almost $45
billion in 2015, but actually fell 5.18% by the next year. It was the only type of export to drop during
these two years. Agricultural products grew from one year to the next, but only 0.81%, while lowest
valued export, textiles, saw the biggest jump – 15.24% between 2015 and 2016.
