The provided table illustrates the amount of money earned from various categories, namely equipment, telecommunication, clothing, manufacturing, and metals, from 2009 to 2010.
Overall, the total export values showed an upward movement, with increases in earning from equipment, telecommunication, and metals, while clothing and manufacturing experienced declines. In addition, equipment and telecommunication consistently generated the highest revenues.
Looking first at the three categories that saw increases, revenue generated from equipment stood at 10.3 HK billion in the first examined year, after which this figure recorded a slight rise of 13% to 11.6 HK billion in the final examined year. Having a similar trend, albeit more pronounced, the figure for telecommunication demonstrated a dramatic growth of 61% in export value from 7.9 to 12.7 HK billion during the same period. Bottom of the list was metals, whose figure stood at just 2.3 HK billion in 2009 before soaring by 122% to 5.1 HK billion in 2010.
As for the remaining categories, the amount of money gained from clothing and manufacturing began at 6 HK billion and 5.5 HK billion in 2009, respectively, then both decreased. The former fell slightly by 17% to 5 HK billion in 2010, whereas the latter dropped by 27% to 4 HK billion in 2010.