Year % of merchandise exports 1963 6.454401907024472 1966 8.756740570676609 1968 8.213711702587712 1969 7.4958537256595985 1970 7.449454207087195 1971 7.243408442225745 1972 5.699938355859975 1973 5.04670678419182 1974 9.130637969298084 1975 8.801109643393037 1976 7.3262547126315205 1977 8.255692709268681 1997 4.404613906797352 1998 3.869769435975685 1999 3.6292250276344444 2000 2.463650012339603 2001 2.3853642010751104 2002 2.2640101804441217 2003 2.7600367829304884 2004 2.1892312013131145 2005 4.311468570116072 2006 2.625860132213715 2007 2.565916359126958 2008 3.898738335298949 2009 2.7290141162272965 2010 3.0825789139250372 2011 3.2584450986224924 2013 2.970896170725844 2014 3.4373349531576873 2015 3.5247938082631043 2016 3.1681929718048116 2017 3.2275302610502288