Year % of merchandise exports 1962 3.855973099026884 1963 4.035642722756834 1964 3.2615810021515057 1965 2.824367692046232 1966 2.6610764183848015 1967 2.558155369723637 1968 2.6950655927510994 1969 2.4353907772603045 1970 2.565642259656676 1971 2.5719923484240814 1972 2.4493012179582148 1973 2.9707216978623228 1974 4.6518421339241405 1975 4.1181836792568784 1976 4.892682208248752 1977 6.321470425379687 1978 6.286342552098994 1979 10.106682651957357 1980 13.029628791705314 1981 18.959195703181663 1982 20.28782666847549 1983 21.591252025749917 1984 21.715554172570588 1985 21.43478655078207 1986 11.873533326118762 1987 10.955262690599637 1988 7.128534163894199 1989 6.587808362597334 1990 7.5919994990280415 1991 7.233669191131387 1992 6.421089089089234 1993 7.075239534498196 1994 6.693462436277612 1995 6.195922542583879 1996 6.72122587769505 1997 6.029271113336435 1998 4.1410327619278515 1999 5.549401638153227 2000 8.313633996672271 2001 8.027285954729917 2002 8.090481223858777 2003 8.184863156846136 2004 8.741801155196924 2005 9.346675877291132 2006 9.519666168949023 2007 10.283154066958971 2008 12.907975568673027 2009 11.009697743766683 2010 12.37405994589752 2011 12.615387274111853 2012 13.86900447762459 2013 11.422326332709536 2014 10.895300197087627 2015 7.022131066410589 2016 6.256096356600066 2017 7.9690910303282525 2018 9.458733928040594 2019 8.598977305401435 2020 7.064243664018152 2021 8.32935578799489 2022 12.310904150863271 2023 8.929324842530166