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 or exports in 2016 compared with 2015.

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 or exports in 2016 compared with 2015.
The bar chart below compares the amount of money earned by a particular country by exporting five different categories of
products
in 2015 and 2016. The table illustrates data about the
value
changes of those exported
products
in percentage.
Overall
, Engineered goods and petroleum
products
were the most significant sources of export incomes, in both 2015 and 2016. It is evident that
while
gems and jewellery's
value
decreased between 2015 and 2016, all of the other categories witnessed a significant rise in their
value
. If we look at the bar chart, petroleum
products
were the most valuable exported
products
in 2015, earning almost 60 billion dollars. The amount of money the country earned by selling petroleum
products
to other countries slightly rose by 2016, to just above 60. Engineered goods were providing well under 60 billion dollars for the country in 2016, but the figure jumped to marginally above 60 during the next year. Looking at the table, it is noticeable that the
value
of textiles exportation has improved considerably, by 15.24%. Despite agricultural
products
, which
value
dropped by almost 5%, the other three categories experienced improvements, ranging from 0.81% and 8.5 over the period in question.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • exports
  • categories
  • value
  • percentage change
  • compare
  • trends
  • changes
  • chart
  • table
  • overview
  • introduce
  • highlight
  • describe
  • summarize
  • information
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