Year % of total merchandise exports 1997 2.0660692458542202 1998 1.7243060732065514 1999 1.4284226004599876 2000 1.7352644930544467 2001 1.5125893562028843 2002 1.6141394162206213 2003 1.825657221205151 2004 2.084328012815916 2005 2.134104767303763 2006 2.501389410455941 2007 2.6397259214414612 2008 2.842276538502165 2009 2.474084716567829 2010 3.0065032219137224 2011 3.3313076055017716 2012 3.574606819302051 2013 3.47048099516034 2014 3.1826402740834236 2015 2.745287622498683 2016 2.900861201505021 2017 3.1673421466559604 2018 2.9738256022618157 2019 2.9138569163027137 2020 3.105684224276719