Year % of total merchandise exports 1960 1.73845937982321 1961 1.51467099671441 1962 1.65270963219833 1963 1.71358763839669 1964 1.1763763603416 1965 1.40201380164236 1966 2.12585250677334 1967 2.35605328372201 1968 2.12614922328357 1969 1.9478597590302 1970 1.94080912299756 1971 1.69313783438519 1972 2.3478184005319 1973 2.42418668563746 1974 2.60604192355117 1975 2.82601529782819 1976 3.28492781533238 1977 3.59031113086183 1978 3.39548399637967 1979 4.20821734109277 1980 4.42733908427339 1981 4.07607796345474 1982 3.22639281992008 1983 3.75612724450902 1984 2.87815284788252 1985 2.66053271268796 1986 3.47124185968992 1987 4.24868170093145 1988 4.13139389706246 1989 4.67629211816879 1990 4.95001886236541 1991 5.00655096579137 1992 21.5578965196153 1993 17.4546718178287 1994 12.7784271705955 1995 11.3644539827071 1996 11.578410339595 1997 11.4241766627716 1998 9.29007753858588 1999 10.6293586305292 2000 12.8634002339417 2001 8.82863987752842 2002 7.51682245096733 2003 9.14018663699154 2004 11.9252181290801 2005 14.7826131884175 2006 16.2595667745378 2007 17.5741718219691 2008 19.7282339962982 2009 16.015565907615 2010 18.3051806147155 2011 18.2495222915086 2012 17.9613600824972 2013 17.1979535694991 2014 15.9655982101899 2015 13.435340869961 2016 12.4359842513317 2017 13.098516486952