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IELTS Academic Task 1: Bar Chart — Trade & economy
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The chart below shows the value of a country's exports in five product categories in 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows (exports in billions of US dollars). Electronics was the largest category at $310 billion, followed by machinery at $240 billion and vehicles at $150 billion. Pharmaceuticals earned $95 billion and food products $70 billion. Together, electronics and machinery accounted for $550 billion — more than the other three categories combined ($315 billion). Food products, the smallest category, earned less than a quarter of the value of electronics.
Examiner focus: A two-tier structure: two dominant categories worth more than the rest combined, then a clear descending tail.
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