The table illustrates the export values of five different products and services – equipment, telecommunications, clothing, manufacturing, and metals – from Hong Kong between 2009 and 2010, measured in billions of dollars.
It is evident that equipment exports were dominant throughout both years, while the exports of metals and manufacturing represented the lowest percentages.
During the given period, equipment and telecommunications were the main export products. Equipment exports increased by 13%, from 18 billion dollars in 2009 to 20.3 billion dollars in 2010. Similarly, telecommunications saw substantial growth of 61%, rising from 6.5 billion dollars in 2009 to 10.5 billion dollars in 2010. This nearly doubled the export value of telecommunications.
Conversely, metals had the lowest export figures in 2009, at 2.3 billion dollars, but experienced a significant increase of over 100%, reaching 4.8 billion dollars in 2010. Manufacturing started at 5.5 billion dollars in 2009 and decreased to 4.0 billion dollars in 2010, marking a decline of 27%.
In 2009, clothing exports amounted to 6 billion dollars, which decreased by 17% to 5 billion dollars in 2010. Similarly, manufacturing exports decreased by 27%, from 5.5 billion dollars in 2009 to 4 billion dollars in 2010.