Year % of merchandise exports 1963 3.221071286450066 1966 7.634928871036103 1968 9.903084049854437 1969 10.39769405639257 1970 10.481866925085287 1971 12.128676331334914 1972 15.909527125109866 1973 13.300841437250057 1974 11.101234071650072 1975 10.313495599461927 1976 12.162304638845134 1977 11.059998505198221 1997 24.797458499662326 1998 29.06806953997031 1999 27.127878695234358 2000 19.944691222933248 2001 20.420364755658785 2002 20.584842121271635 2003 26.38231778561607 2004 19.789386370471966 2005 28.840886703232606 2006 19.11311097518153 2007 21.495499849189674 2008 23.507511365119544 2009 24.202340085833107 2010 21.783876381031885 2011 21.320860828207703 2013 23.883897869119064 2014 25.704406631744504 2015 28.475167799883145 2016 25.194706659382344 2017 32.02022679390729