Year % of merchandise exports 1974 12.502942593263851 1975 13.348443788889876 1976 13.978496882083691 1977 13.702825092268421 1978 10.48587473672199 1979 9.05555090250115 1981 5.504350593741673 1996 9.324462623459118 1997 7.916262216382876 1998 7.912707277575523 1999 12.051940973790535 2000 8.283514441508299 2001 13.30450977763181 2002 9.175796854259623 2003 11.278249750554385 2006 16.065017110168863 2007 15.04447640576124 2008 16.277441128797637 2009 13.418012110026574 2010 14.376744443858557 2011 14.06155115707453 2012 12.690244867391506 2013 13.618494288408762 2014 13.065266743685651 2015 13.674352633433214 2016 12.681034522812116 2017 12.95709310537625 2018 13.081646961928433 2019 14.75613295374006 2020 17.017952330112468 2021 18.638739250533025 2022 17.97508969087776