Year % of merchandise exports 1998 8.524362008227705 1999 7.466257538207246 2000 6.751941295248068 2001 8.010839063039384 2002 7.677267871783158 2003 8.263265751074114 2004 8.34876875873583 2005 8.256313314868336 2006 7.486740890921059 2007 7.257977085626822 2008 6.73737078544986 2009 10.694124159121897 2010 12.619641294143486 2011 9.154294596890987 2012 9.810152565347737 2013 14.378898307257204 2014 14.780931964959013 2015 15.638374110936828 2016 17.06091566067886 2017 16.50705097445318 2018 14.963909289664546 2019 16.190818647968367 2020 18.903438520292422 2021 16.624956480508217