Year % of merchandise exports 1996 18.305209436832907 1997 16.17183087060566 1998 13.700403897251116 1999 12.770758737384643 2000 9.788863705103111 2001 11.017355220171067 2002 10.25045930878229 2003 9.63383167342111 2004 9.245208821662771 2005 10.155040842117566 2006 9.184968679591345 2007 9.102173040749122 2008 8.499061918528595 2009 11.360009481466868 2010 10.753087190708996 2011 10.162484974042991 2012 11.101044605923752 2013 12.370719053065727 2014 13.317082100602613 2015 14.667262720314042 2016 15.316835440964407 2017 14.40872085397861 2018 13.751128898379564 2019 14.610689438687118 2020 15.893442370464385 2021 14.287615098489427 2022 16.102148736435165 2023 17.76549566186525