Year % of merchandise exports 1974 13.517611470890882 1975 13.092245662542648 1976 15.05868760407193 1977 17.378745505813125 1978 15.809461168730827 1979 16.523653789369266 1981 10.171946037025716 1996 26.694014766713508 1997 28.59135501001267 1998 27.799619172098847 1999 28.42094132782475 2000 28.970890666118937 2001 29.076509385736117 2002 34.67158562050055 2003 30.75152061675226 2006 28.89097630829821 2007 28.0864988600225 2008 29.317298377455142 2009 27.93607262071546 2010 28.327913896994794 2011 24.83522247779409 2012 25.538535289913884 2013 26.961833846732222 2014 29.492854781766408 2015 27.70646891896365 2016 26.552749015702766 2017 23.996123638203105 2018 24.039959694484708 2019 23.885146800218415 2020 22.45614555530197 2021 21.360851785173146 2022 20.757790471269292