Year % of merchandise exports 1974 18.807964075120612 1978 14.372291712552395 1979 12.630698520818967 1980 4.684490694127039 1981 5.208137116385828 1997 10.366811366301558 1999 18.46985824480942 2000 11.313319510809615 2001 19.843805723378466 2002 12.871483943903547 2003 17.70121853302085 2004 19.67423131263075 2005 20.595251405437033 2006 25.53314224293419 2007 22.194360069949063 2008 26.211378651971504 2009 20.34230016206035 2010 21.686007081395733 2011 21.807158195238056 2012 19.783186700058327 2013 20.08828602448372 2014 19.301303065351902 2015 20.161681949015673 2016 18.86325324448086 2017 19.374275579809023 2018 19.616651168595148 2019 22.25259904908109 2020 24.75577651728835 2021 27.727310668841533 2022 25.548728686378308 2023 27.727854835448625