Year % of merchandise exports 1974 9.362721160326837 1975 7.824689943853581 1976 8.69383513471447 1977 7.422102263841269 1978 6.6447766493730835 1979 6.608101807650623 1981 4.653472727825424 1996 7.149921603128151 1997 7.653280270667156 1998 6.799914882478425 1999 6.790194200904359 2000 5.991212373182038 2001 5.431137131905986 2002 5.136714269999434 2003 5.6642535526151425 2006 3.8837711509291477 2007 3.744078058826385 2008 4.298014582424776 2009 3.4135404340191826 2010 2.9374220156496924 2011 4.687906847640789 2012 4.568476379383834 2013 3.181011323187059 2014 2.4344748180845426 2015 2.499001652836045 2016 3.1110527420935123 2017 2.9960907863706443 2018 2.9438005785241375 2019 2.977554336903057 2020 3.0209556362582997 2021 3.3512209588370023 2022 2.640447325747011