Year % of total merchandise exports 1972 0.4572822193430378 1973 7.194667712213292 1974 1.9371228961575102 1975 2.6383369000305716 1976 4.777483642175715 1977 8.566606898006539 1978 11.148780297716469 1979 8.012986617077706 1980 8.808231140134401 1981 8.447589562140646 1982 8.326172434445226 1983 9.002567429533721 1984 11.723782530275702 1985 7.788645396389993 1986 6.2222272221034745 1987 4.210624071322437 1988 5.077722615073617 1989 3.9162041257229823 1990 3.670052724344941 1991 4.748915193130038 1992 2.269732540178231 1993 2.381945829006213 1994 2.461581637435379 1995 2.7013005159741814 1996 1.9996256485555122 1997 2.5225226424536773 1998 2.9366981382886514 1999 1.934625603604745 2000 1.6743734905708616 2001 1.7026666099766596 2002 1.4407464943664294 2003 1.8050847863045358 2004 1.6677020555603064 2005 2.2051876672843775 2006 1.9574370513355839 2007 2.336842337373918 2008 3.0809500264194565 2009 2.5884764830557394 2010 2.558431009132331 2011 2.8048564330880312 2012 2.8468634163222393 2013 2.207915584757427 2014 1.8734767263636578 2015 2.222488694050989 2016 2.5154137232269185 2017 2.1981817818615665 2018 3.030378234414516 2019 3.0672127170598396 2020 3.2006546007831247