The table illustrates the export values of 5 different kinds of products in the years 2009 and 2010, measured in billion Hong Kong dollars ($HK), and the percentage changes over this period.
Overall, the total export value and all products’ values increased, except for clothing and manufacturing. Additionally, the value of equipment was the highest in 2009, but in 2010, that of telecommunity rose to become the highest.
Looking first at 2 products whose values rose: equipment and telecommunity. Equipment’s cost was the highest in 2009 ($HK 10.3 billion) and accounted for 30% of that of general. Moreover, it was about five times as much as the value of metals and twice as much as that of manufacturing in the same year. In 2010, the price of equipment grew 13%, to $HK 11.6 billion, and was twice as much as those of metals, and clothing in this year. In addition, this figure was 30% of the overall. The export value of telecommunity was about $HK 7.9 billion in 2009, which accounted for nearly 25% of the total one. In the next year, the figure increased 61%, to $HK 12.7 billion, it was three times as much as that of manufacturing, and accounted for 40% of the overall figure. It is also notice that that of telecommunity became the highest among 5 products in this year.
For metals, whose value increased most considerably, its export value was $HK 2.3 billion, was the lowest in 2009, and it accounted for just under 0.1% of the total value. Then, the export cost of metals rose significantly to $HK 5.1 billion (rose 120%). Therefore, the ratio of metals’ price to the general’s grew.
Turning finally to the products that had decreasing export values. Clothing exports cost was $HK 6 in the first year, which accounted 20% of the total value. Then, it fell by 17%, to $HK 5 billion in 2010 and its ratio was about 12.5%. Manufacturing experienced the largest drop in export value, decreasing by 27% from $HK 5.5 billion to $HK 4 billion. Moreover, in 2009, it accounted for nearly 20% of the overall while in the next year, this ratio decreased to roughly 10%, and the value of manufacturing was the lowest figure.