The chart below shows the value of one country’s exports in various categories during 2015 and 2016. The table shows the percentage change n each category of 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 n each category of exports in 2016 compared with 2015.
The bar chart compares a particular country's income from exports in several categories between two years, 2015 and 2016,
whereas
the table adds information about the percentage difference in each category. The categories are
petroleum
products
, engineered
goods
,
gems
and
jewellery
, agricultural
products
, and
textiles
.
Overall
,
textiles
, engineered
goods
,
petroleum
products
, and agricultural
products
brought higher export income to the country in 2016.
On the contrary
,
gems
and
jewellery
experienced a slight drop during the period.
To begin
with,
textiles
, engineered
goods
, and
petroleum
products
both faced a notable increase from 2015 to 2016. The
textiles
' surge was 15.24%, starting with over 25
billion
to approximately 33
billion
, followed by engineered
goods
the most valuable exports that went up from around 58
billion
to about 33
billion
in 2016 (8.5% growth).
However
,
petroleum
products
showed less increment with only 3% higher in 2016. The only category that witnessed a decline was the
gems
and
jewellery
.
While
the amount is still categorized as the top three most beneficial export sectors, it had a 5.18% decrease. To be more detailed, the
gems
and
jewellery
export income was 45
billion
worth in 2015,
then
it fell to 40
billion
in 2016.
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