The given table illustrates the export values and changes of five distinct products, measured in HK billion dollars in two consecutive years, 2009 and 2010.
Overall, it is obvious that the export values exhibited an upward trend in most categories, with the exception of clothing and manufacturing. What also stands out from the graph is that metal export values saw the most striking jump, far exceeding all other products.
Regarding the overall trend, there was a considerable rise from 32 billion in 2009 to 38.4 billion in 2010, marking a 20% increase.
There were remarkable increases in the export values of telecommunications, metals and machinery. In 2009, the figure for equipment topped the table at 10.3 billion, followed by telecommunication at 7.9 billion. By 2010, while the former witnessed a modest rise to 11.6 billion, the latter surged to 12.7 billion – marking a remarkable 61% increase. Metals, which recorded the lowest export value in 2009 at 2.3 billion, skyrocketed to 5.1 billion in 2010—a staggering 120% increase, the highest among all categories. However, this figure was just half of the figures recorded for equipment and telecommunications in 2010.
In contrast, clothing and manufacturing followed similar downward patterns, with respective declines of 1 billion and 1.5 billion. These reductions corresponded to a 17% decrease in clothing and a 27% decline in manufacturing.