The given chart illustrates a particular nation’s exports earnings in various categories—petroleum products, engineered goods, gems and jewellery, agricultural products, and textiles— in 2015 and 2016 while the table displays the change in 2016 compared to 2015 in percents.
Overall, petroleum products had the highest rate while engineered goods are slightly lower. It is also clear that textiles saw the lowest rate among the others. Nevertheless, petroleum saw relatively low increase from the previous year while textiles had the highest upward trend.
In 2016, petroleum had the highest earnings from export, contributing to approximately 62 billion dollars followed by engineered products, which was slightly lower, at about 61 billion dollars. Meanwhile, textiles were the lowest with a number of around 31 billion dollars while jewellery and agricultural products had quite greater numbers, at the range of around 32-40 billion dollars.
In terms of price increase, textiles had the most significant level, jumping by 24%, although it was the lowest in total earnings. Simultaneously, petroleum was at a low position, which only increased by 3%. In contrast, gems and jewellery saw a 5.18% decrease while the engineered sections and agricultural sectors witnessed an increase of 8.5% and 0.81 percents, respectively.