Year % of total merchandise exports 1961 4.469987228607918 1978 5.877598391743176 1979 6.161361254999188 1980 6.352540354591161 1981 5.025240295059981 1982 4.381354885629211 1983 4.033331221088651 1984 4.114544934472659 1985 3.772998053307182 1986 3.111520596289767 1987 3.4747351882823985 1988 3.876835921107847 1989 3.655795370941305 1990 4.050322098164201 1991 4.176693976156376 1992 3.909488090652173 1993 4.150282688448186 1994 4.2156134167328565 1995 5.052539994763589 1996 4.727349285208682 1997 4.919587476697846 1998 4.125193062275169 1999 4.2157969795214845 2000 4.883670919374248 2001 5.0630093021337546 2002 5.298503151179889 2003 5.224871379703535 2004 5.272504399247365 2005 5.281116557205419 2006 5.15512716390186 2007 5.49232290221131 2008 5.962601006389664 2009 6.644288091177572 2010 6.964840775829299 2011 7.405701994545301 2012 8.282854426439815 2013 9.2274278821257 2014 9.743067238415513 2015 10.111438330877775 2016 10.439646492775871 2017 10.75584928844914 2018 11.108494793969609 2019 12.532161211902903 2020 12.859738768754667