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.

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income of a country, in billions of dollars, across five different categories in the years 2015 and 2016. In spite, the table illustrates how much percentage altered for these categories in 2016 than that of the previous year.

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, when the data are scrutinized, petroleum product was the dominant source of

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revenue in both years.

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, most sectors experienced an upward trend; only gems and

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witnessed a decline. Petroleum products were the most significant part of

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earnings, recording just over $60

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in 2015 and soaring to about $62

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in 2016, followed by engineered goods, which went up from 58 to 61

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, approximately. During the given period, agricultural and textile accounted for roughly $31 and $27

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, and both went to $31

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. Gems and

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, in comparison, were the only sectors whose value fell from around $44 to $ 41

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.

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, textiles showed the largest growth in value, at 15.24%, outnumbering the second biggest changes, engineered, by 7.26%.

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, petroleum products

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and gems and

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had marginal growth of 3% and 0.81, respectively. Notwithstanding, the

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value for

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products dropped by nearly 5%.