Year % of merchandise exports 1963 3.221071286450066 1966 7.634928871036103 1968 9.903084049854439 1969 10.39769405639257 1970 10.481866925085287 1971 12.128676331334914 1972 15.909527125109866 1973 13.300841437250059 1974 11.101234071650072 1975 10.313495599461929 1976 12.162304638845134 1977 11.059998505198221 1997 24.797458499662326 1998 29.06806953997031 1999 27.127878695234358 2000 20.36907625775087 2001 20.916190342522167 2002 21.052889216843734 2003 26.938471090818116 2004 20.2874683056689 2005 29.259395574982726 2006 19.626628227788853 2007 22.013802874571006 2008 24.002992816892103 2009 24.744195567709674 2010 22.130930963709766 2011 21.72275946177566 2013 24.212729388592262 2014 26.067523297122168 2015 28.774686752298635 2016 25.523410290239077 2017 32.37886884398721