The bar chart illustrates how much money one nation earns from exports in several fields, which are shown clearly in the table below between 2015 and 2016.
Overall, except for gems and jewellery, all categories had an increasing trend. Witnessed a slight increase in petroleum products and agricultural products, while engineered goods and textiles saw a steep growth.
At the start of the period, in 2015, all of the exported fields, securing the top position, were petroleum products, at approximately 60 billion dollars. This was closely followed by engineered goods, with figures being around 56 billion dollars, which was 13 billion dollars higher than the figure for gems and jewellery. At the bottom of the list came agricultural products and textiles, at approximately 30 and 25 billion dollars respectively.
Thereafter, in 2016, the figure for petroleum products increased slightly by 3% compared to the previous figure, and it was still in the first rank. Similarly, the export earnings in agricultural products experienced a marginal growth by 0.81%. Meanwhile, the figures for engineered goods as well as textiles witnessed significant rises by 8.5% and 15.24%, respectively. By contrast, the amount of money that was earned by gems and jewellery saw a slight decrease by 5.18% compared to this figure in 2015.