Year % of total merchandise exports 1972 0.8688362167517718 1973 0.6413308314896239 1974 1.2067322959669735 1975 2.173647202690309 1976 1.9654362918935118 1977 2.366838941039975 1978 2.086743044189853 1979 2.0775538822668658 1980 1.542705999974689 1981 3.219814241486068 1982 3.8616774731140793 1983 2.1547083344836153 1984 2.155801769303444 1985 2.478751414069617 1986 3.421043750210932 1987 1.848068350668648 1988 2.6689798858364377 1989 3.3836414575403264 1990 2.0777640022039683 1991 0.9514134572390592 1992 1.0541617532308127 1993 2.163377505025379 1994 1.4257061345822857 1995 1.655152517821235 1996 0.984632890283938 1997 1.1298004434654896 1998 0.7959712032860262 1999 0.6031616020307704 2000 0.6866803715806956 2001 0.5610080423905344 2002 0.652927370413186 2003 0.6702736517542827 2004 0.9375286053484694 2005 1.0897279185547641 2006 1.6229306895145128 2007 1.7870393156592068 2008 2.4893573509830738 2009 2.8217958955111135 2010 3.5504368840447125 2011 3.2706460175533407 2012 2.762186069989133 2013 3.4171002556767345 2014 3.3199739381955444 2015 2.8590910928771303 2016 2.8669610837963773 2017 3.0385616756239004 2018 2.4101283152512862 2019 2.385277016346145 2020 2.97110310294272