Year % of merchandise exports 1963 14.266910369641094 1966 20.91290028385656 1968 18.714003387551642 1969 19.73545713756277 1970 18.68997750281832 1971 16.63078504595797 1972 26.330086625235683 1973 24.74363188203108 1974 15.878286504327642 1975 15.654873158006925 1976 15.216716030569666 1977 9.395612554238886 1997 9.0145682021121 1998 8.908888936719597 1999 7.585343670481268 2000 5.236076966806799 2001 5.664416365523386 2002 5.544785748042524 2003 7.123050378181607 2004 5.2527334558246315 2005 7.681100864437462 2006 5.312653071545912 2007 5.516890952257279 2008 5.4220193942426125 2009 7.0157114331435695 2010 6.312547406941169 2011 5.578940648112665 2013 6.609324787338134 2014 7.344294501339228 2015 9.458915720475979 2016 7.547374053064519 2017 9.608678802445699