The bar chart compares the export earnings of a country in five categories in 2015 and 2016, while the table illustrates the percentage change in each category over this period.
Overall, petroleum products and engineered goods remained the dominant export sectors, showing moderate growth, whereas the biggest rise was recorded in textiles. By contrast, only gems and jewellery experienced a decline in export value.
In detail, petroleum products were the most valuable export both years, rising slightly from around $61 billion in 2015 to about $63 billion in 2016, an increase of 3%. Similarly, engineered goods saw a steady improvement, growing by roughly 8.5% to reach nearly $62 billion in 2016.
On the other hand, gems and jewellery exports decreased by about 5.2%, dropping from nearly $43 billion to just over $40 billion. Agricultural products showed almost no change, increasing marginally by 0.8% from $30 billion to slightly above that figure. Textiles, although the smallest export sector in 2015 (about $25 billion), recorded the most significant growth of 15.24%, climbing to approximately $31 billion in 2016.
In summary, while the country’s overall export performance improved, with notable gains in textiles and manufactured goods, the gems and jewellery sector saw a downturn over the period.