Year % of merchandise exports 1996 7.18450596976118 1997 7.857702544392049 1998 7.640456909911157 1999 7.115288664458081 2000 4.814238269275116 2001 6.690468719311816 2002 5.820517603277543 2003 4.920665932615251 2004 5.413489637121141 2005 5.5480241689285785 2006 6.540945806847538 2007 6.230687171918862 2008 5.510077741087308 2009 5.081388131748132 2010 6.030152102359356 2011 6.244110734920406 2012 5.878028070789157 2013 5.606242314971189 2014 5.230415159657305 2015 5.755447682000566 2016 6.156773114466898 2017 6.839092026193558 2018 6.257040705473315 2019 6.5076606474003365 2020 7.502447621879714 2021 8.42082788200155 2022 7.736880649786577 2023 6.397673449455268