IELTS 14 CAMBRIDGE TEST 2 , MIXED CHARTS

Question

The figures provide a comparison of 5 different categories in terms of export earning and how much the values changed in a country between 2015 and 2016.

Overall, petroleum products were the highest export producer in both years, while most of the categories saw an upward trend, gems and jewelry experienced a downward trend.

In the initial year, petroleum products ranked first with approximately 60 billion dollars. Following this, they gained up to 3% in 2016, which eventually reached their highest point of about 62 billion dollars. There was also an significant in Engineered goods. In 2015, they earned about 58 billion dollars, but then increased up to 8,5%, which led them to jump to 61 billion dollars in the last year, just behind petroleum products.

There was also a major rise in textiles, which were the lowest export earner in 2015, about 27%, but then saw an enormous increase, almost 15.25%, which eventually rose up to 30 billion dollars in 2016. Agriculture products also experienced a slight increase, just about 0,8% in 2016. Their total money at that time was above 30 billion dollars, as much as textiles. On the other hand, a noticeable decrease was evident in gems and jewelry, which was about 5,18%, from around 43 billion dollars in 2015 to just above 40 billion dollars in 2016.