Year % of merchandise exports 1996 11.033078089459213 1997 12.96245908014993 1998 12.75072401502185 1999 14.941662346312672 2000 17.471382771682194 2001 16.910171431802617 2002 17.780564123310665 2003 19.08068183447219 2004 18.98338598031194 2005 20.967786649878967 2006 21.41336975451447 2007 20.55680996292795 2008 23.52926892335202 2009 22.393309668626454 2010 22.298078409065912 2011 23.6934789597072 2012 22.9356318007354 2013 24.142793772345048 2014 22.999558488352136 2015 20.169692123886993 2016 17.843915623405312 2017 18.727359937299347 2018 20.421155739258204 2019 19.75637493599123 2020 16.26848410123803 2021 17.28027623507498 2022 19.868383536406853 2023 19.840295359888543