Year % of total merchandise exports 1960 1.3885385166054243 1961 1.5994481991285816 1962 1.8050547850076488 1963 1.754205439039264 1964 2.4249254567463305 1965 2.5491266502682732 1966 2.5658266151416522 1967 2.119494457045713 1968 2.209247444023432 1969 2.217649148653825 1970 2.4642670436450347 1971 4.0287674563378495 1972 3.787374343055568 1973 4.812810450831439 1974 6.079730893710053 1975 6.171126475446007 1976 4.987766017173449 1977 6.083749502212771 1978 6.009900785352515 1979 5.9274807857658 1980 6.3137529415718205 1981 6.74395676679899 1982 6.43756303779111 1983 7.104119662638519 1984 6.972895537912084 1985 8.151067488917334 1986 7.239742540584714 1987 6.65627722710133 1988 7.374400426720047 1989 7.032794156152866 1990 6.438877572817154 1991 5.574184722603639 1992 6.24141245961079 1993 6.283017086892702 1994 6.438192883018758 1995 7.269619480882026 1996 7.0645755937761 1997 6.949630550699752 1998 6.274820166293233 1999 5.544490503036445 2000 5.162301818103515 2001 6.459960050506722 2002 7.008509808168147 2003 8.782306010616441 2004 9.289625844003082 2005 10.284437380135136 2006 10.857886686053906 2007 12.109959101653976 2008 12.443092751089106 2009 14.88849609750079 2010 16.152804085758802 2011 16.367948559356673 2012 16.293675954595198 2013 17.216057400423423 2014 16.85473445546194 2015 16.901305406070566 2016 17.53213329140407 2017 19.024739582531332 2018 20.06004312411332 2019 20.08668589062464 2020 22.643842789171586