Year % of total merchandise exports 1967 4.078931140801644 1968 5.534792138797043 1969 6.194191012326507 1970 5.045106039279966 1971 5.805423037218479 1972 4.850041946308725 1973 4.406817524770689 1974 4.4815002893347655 1975 5.478353470149744 1976 4.3041636688779485 1977 5.237629539533699 1978 4.035714141186595 1979 4.432509826650128 1980 5.252250451942135 1981 4.641434432147316 1982 6.19577276713348 1983 6.995219720828298 1984 6.759484392481438 1985 7.425771815391326 1986 6.049784378360703 1987 7.151855005595882 1988 6.929375486593592 1989 7.502861942791903 1990 8.35428848420947 1991 7.72620183924015 1992 8.43096812925806 1993 9.008653500353429 1994 10.13739635792586 1995 9.504624333206669 1996 10.109961034841525 1997 10.075171205934149 1998 9.851867871503803 1999 9.856072648510903 2000 11.051703121478932 2001 12.261097530953268 2002 14.320568180397444 2003 15.334422122721946 2004 16.582551899834797 2005 16.90979231838721 2006 17.779852197918483 2007 19.715993745566397 2008 20.535007656567174 2009 23.84587895114851 2010 24.483670539577755 2011 25.161346594010226 2012 25.879137212753438 2013 27.582431963904163 2014 25.62672988742748 2015 27.120509537002768 2016 27.346967909447027 2017 28.140982260589343 2018 28.60697356376205 2019 29.05954481865067 2020 29.340667263067466