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 bar chart shows the cost of several categories of one country’s exports from 2015 to 2016,

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the table depicts the shift in the percentage of every type of

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2016 in comparison with 2015. The bar chart illustrates

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income in billions of dollars in 2015-2016. The biggest profits were earned by the

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of petroleum

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in both years with almost the same amount of money (60

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and around 60 respectively). The sale of engineered goods generated approximately equal revenue with 57

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dollars in 2015 compared to 61

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dollars in 2016.

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the first two categories were relatively valuable, gems and

jewellery

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as items to

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had a maximum of 42

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in 2015 and just 40

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the following year. Agricultural

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were even less

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jewellery

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with a total income of 30-31

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in 2015 and 31-32

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in 2016. The least profitable category was textiles in both years – 26

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in 2015 and 31-32

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the year after. The table indicates the

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in the percentage of categories through 2015-2016. The biggest and the most positive improvement is the shift in textiles

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which increased by 15.24% from 2015 to 2016. The second largest

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was in engineered goods (8.5% upward). The

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of gems and

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decreased by 5.18 percentage points. Petroleum

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had a slight

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with 3% upward,

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agricultural

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almost did not

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(only 0.81% downward). 

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, both the pie chart and the table show

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positive trends in exporting petroleum

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goods and textiles with downward trends in supplying

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jewellery

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and agricultural

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.