The provided line chart illustrates a country’s export earnings in five different categories in 2015 and 2016 and the table gives information about percentage variations over two years.
Overall, it is evident that petroleum products and engineered goods were the two most lucrative export categories while textiles ranked as the least profitable sector despite experiencing a remarkable increase over the two-year period. Notably, gems and jewellery was the only export sector to decline.
In detail, in 2015, petroleum stood out as the dominant contributor, at around $60 billion, followed by about $55 billion from engineered goods. Gems and jewellery reached approximately $42 billion, nearly twice as high as the figure for textiles. Meanwhile, agricultural products brought close to $30 billion.
One year later, textiles witnessed the fastest growth of 15.24%, but its total revenue was still below that of the two leading groups. Engineered goods rose by 8.5%, slightly narrowing the gap with petroleum, which saw a modest rise of 3% but maintained the top position. Conversely, gems and jewellery fell by 5.18% while agricultural products saw a marginal rise of 0.81% by the end of the period.