Year % of merchandise exports 1974 13.540865930531634 1975 13.117445110577169 1976 15.085732993411188 1977 17.4112933015796 1978 15.830382700567396 1979 16.548911230011665 1981 10.173908898568731 1996 26.747284365733066 1997 28.64644039750333 1998 27.856066745974253 1999 28.47687351320081 2000 29.014205564876566 2001 29.120155113732206 2002 34.73068149913131 2003 30.80730675461098 2006 28.93200434776329 2007 28.13176514406054 2008 29.361680907898336 2009 27.959298575209726 2010 28.3583878893163 2011 24.805196569221053 2012 25.573701956157322 2013 27.004506518852235 2014 29.540434318031025 2015 27.740516666623044 2016 26.580229148206563 2017 23.993366969604555 2018 24.04529734231898 2019 23.889899506263266 2020 22.477685240955594 2021 21.385473947981897 2022 20.779321021199763