The table delineates the alterations in exports measured in HK billions from 2009 and 2010.
Overall, the most striking feature is that exported metals represented a staggeringly huge gap over the period spanning from 2009 and 2010, followed by the telecommunications, while the manufacturing category pronounced the most significant decrease. Notably, the clothing and manufacturing sections bucked the trend, being reduced between 2 years, whereas the other categories adhered to an upward trajectory, albeit to varying degrees.
Turning to the details of categories that took benefit, exported metals ranked first. Its figure commenced at 2.3 in 2009, and accounted for 5.1 in 2010, thereby representing 122% changes. As for the telecommunications, whose changes constitute exactly twice as low as that on exported metals, making up 7.9 and 12.7 in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Exported equipment experienced the smallest alteration, compared to the telecommunications and metals category; its number composed 10.3 in 2009, before rising moderately to 11.6 at the end of the period.
Regarding the categories that witnessed a downward trajectory, the manufacturing section exhibited a substantial decline, having fell from 5.5 in 2009 to 4 in 2010. The clothing, in turn, registered more minimal alteration unlike the manufacturing. Its number accounted for 5 in 2010, after falling from 6 in 2009.
Although there were some reductions, the percentage of overall exported commodities modestly grew, accounting for 32 in 2009, its number surged to 38.4.