Year % of merchandise exports 1974 9.362721160326837 1975 7.824689943853582 1976 8.69383513471447 1977 7.422102263841269 1978 6.644776649373083 1979 6.608101807650623 1981 4.653472727825424 1996 7.149921603128152 1997 7.653280270667158 1998 6.799914882478425 1999 6.79019420090436 2000 5.991212373182037 2001 5.431137131905987 2002 5.136714269999434 2003 5.6642535526151425 2006 3.8837711509291477 2007 3.7440780588263864 2008 4.298014582424776 2009 3.4135404340191826 2010 2.937422015649693 2011 4.687906847640789 2012 4.568476379383834 2013 3.1810113231870583 2014 2.4344748180845435 2015 2.4990016528360464 2016 3.1110527420935115 2017 2.9960907863706434 2018 2.9438005785241375 2019 2.977554336903057 2020 3.0209556362582983 2021 3.3512209588370028 2022 2.640447325747011