Year % of total merchandise exports 1961 12.473392933163048 1978 5.874489647882945 1979 5.9001490532902405 1980 6.979359618946811 1981 13.572479695998807 1982 17.007194771098337 1983 16.728977884798173 1984 14.2141754996636 1985 10.7316930372799 1986 10.731876827141642 1987 11.34078353859409 1988 8.831934536298784 1989 5.034493065334706 1990 5.626594031161955 1991 4.504613422546031 1992 7.581697127513717 1993 8.71885864447705 1994 6.397478157267673 1995 6.868993065112751 1996 6.597486157326859 1997 6.953494093143016 1998 7.750020952494979 1999 7.428759695489802 2000 7.775703569995988 2001 8.257998297795758 2002 8.666554515565569 2003 9.392186545039909 2004 10.074596368043636 2005 10.936368073175915 2006 12.524687907948712 2007 14.847606069812699 2008 16.68786089707251 2009 16.147478973420405 2010 17.087858479954892 2011 17.892338656754138 2012 17.827888021306382 2013 18.118435919182506 2014 18.90280253254069 2015 18.164776597253283 2016 18.51321100445102 2017 19.055369662250175 2018 19.02952219739099 2019 19.522900922935303 2020 18.206832856559995