Year % of merchandise exports 1974 7.93971161664507 1978 6.387101122699832 1979 5.958820297434964 1980 3.8912489197464533 1981 3.801952332636691 1997 6.594104158341365 1999 5.818129480176737 2000 5.038409133983025 2001 4.766147435558544 2002 4.634601631188407 2003 4.808925072298715 2004 4.626173673365455 2005 4.03100479177408 2006 3.6491288033065317 2007 2.5446247250112863 2008 3.476001188686141 2009 2.852821853007015 2010 2.1747526359934035 2011 2.3003413979098175 2012 2.2747314711194537 2013 2.042479659634783 2014 1.6752664930216756 2015 2.0162690812978425 2016 2.2447879602813763 2017 2.2359044787298235 2018 2.1463574732823574 2019 2.0148326494588393 2020 1.981092285477566 2021 1.9275392085174823 2022 1.8326505520205456 2023 2.2636312263532266