The table illustrates the profit of 5 exported products with an overall assessment between 1997 and 2010.
It is clear that the overall export values increased over the period. In addition, the profit of metals exports experienced by far the sharpest upturn while the figure for manufacturing plunged.
The total export values of all 5 categories rose from 32$ to 38.4$ billion to, at 20%. The figure for metals increased 122%, more than 6 times higher compared to the overall profit. In 1997 the figure for equipment and telecommunity were 10.3$ and 7.9$ billion, after which both of them climbed to 11.6$ and 12.7$ billion, increasing 13% and 61% respectively.
By contrast, clothing and manufacturing exports values were down from 6$ and 5.5$ billion to 5$ and 4$ billion, decreasing 17% and 27% each. However, it can be seen that there was a greater decline in the figure for manufacturing exports profit.
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