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The chart below shows the value of one country's exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the value of one country's exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change in each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart compares how much a certain country earned through its exports of five categories of
products
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 in the years 2015 and 2016. The table gives information on the corresponding ratio changes in export revenues from these five product categories in these
two
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 years.
It is clear that
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 earnings from the exportations of petroleum
products
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 and engineering
products
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 were the
two
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 largest components of the total value.
By contrast
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, textiles and agricultural
products
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 made a relatively small export contribution. In 2015, petroleum
products
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 played the most important role in exports, earning approximately $60
billion
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, followed by engineering goods with approximately $55
billion
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.
Although
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 2016 saw a rise of 3% in the value change of petroleum
products
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 as well, a more significant increase was observed in engineering
products
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, with a figure of 8.5%. The contributions of these
two
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 categories were almost identical in 2016, at around $62
billion
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.
While
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 revenues from gems and jewellery decreased by 5.18% to just $40
billion
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, export revenues from textiles increased significantly by 15.24% to reach $31
billion
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 in 2016. The values of exports of agricultural
products
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 were relatively close between the
two
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 years, at about $31
billion
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.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words products, two, billion with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "changes" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significant" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • export value
  • economic sector
  • percentage change
  • increment
  • decrement
  • fluctuation
  • trend analysis
  • year-on-year comparison
  • significant growth/decline
  • stagnation
  • market dynamics
  • fiscal repercussions
  • trade balance
  • competitive advantage
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