Year % of total merchandise exports 1972 10.405741098537124 1973 9.827954571010908 1976 10.046437106235064 1978 9.57290767903365 1979 9.364013084938147 1980 10.274549086876211 1981 5.473836955775465 1982 5.473836954766184 1983 5.473836955020967 1984 5.473836955525966 1985 5.47383695563599 1986 4.825466180003274 1987 5.366580218151333 1988 8.76866954073741 1989 6.853015479085377 1990 4.669123023179896 1991 5.8179349583826125 1992 4.457179868328401 1993 2.9340312650959803 1994 3.132052960686783 1995 6.187213285371624 1996 6.98983079175743 1997 8.127557096086466 1998 5.971662643612382 1999 6.608000998281052 2000 6.396767483645154 2001 8.071014319918977 2002 6.165683988479113 2003 6.3951683153940095 2004 5.509653800368264 2005 5.607155192494496 2006 5.094116009814462 2007 6.154751211250742 2008 4.66480651905787 2009 7.617147515664062 2010 8.310836305743875 2011 8.485871336180491 2012 9.962086145354744 2013 11.514313456255284 2014 12.374570858210728 2015 12.674545348276439 2016 14.213756273880016 2017 16.06157541011196 2018 17.55150717746046 2019 17.59796159616411 2020 20.26565703265756