Year % of merchandise exports 1996 51.96255515856488 1997 50.57235369540939 1998 54.368353516960354 1999 52.955547261649606 2000 51.82793591294558 2001 53.284074904508955 2002 53.861493344394674 2003 53.519522394020925 2004 53.59711006840661 2005 50.598218240043785 2006 49.51528303603316 2007 50.75047273326014 2008 49.429942948900425 2009 48.554070159345926 2010 47.53840129290639 2011 46.62514208584364 2012 46.24025143399898 2013 46.62639418330833 2014 47.40024307701334 2015 49.009851646071134 2016 50.86890507610211 2017 50.037527881295226 2018 49.60984811293263 2019 49.275623646787714 2020 50.09079491404871 2021 49.6629511221698