The bar chart compares the export earnings of a country across five product categories in 2015 and 2016 while the table data illustrates the percentage changes in export amount in 2016 compared to that of the previous year.
Overall, it is noticeable that the export amount increased, except for gems and jewellery commodities. In addition, petroleum and engineered products were the main export earners for this country in both years.
Looking first at earnings from petroleum export, which dominated the field in both years, generating about 60 billion dollars in 2015 and witnessing a merely 2 billion rise in the next year. Turning to the second contributor to the nation’s export earnings, engineered goods started at approximately 58 billion dollars, followed by a final increase to around 60 billion.
Similar changes can be seen in the figures for agricultural products and textiles, showing lower earnings, with agricultural products maintaining steady figures at almost 30 billion dollars in both years, while textiles rose significantly from 17 billion in 2015 to just over 30 billion in the following year. Conversely, the figures for gems and jewellery witnessed a decline in export earnings, with respective figures being 42 billion dollars in 2015 and 40 billion in 2016.
Regarding the percentage changes shown in the table, textiles experienced the most dramatic growth at 15.24%, nearly doubling that of engineered goods, which saw an 8.5% increase. Additionally, petroleum products recorded a modest rise of 3%, while agricultural products showed a lesser growth of just 0.08%. In contrast, gems and jewellery had gone through an opposite trend compared to other contributors, declining by 5.18% throughout.