Year % of merchandise exports 1974 12.520486222518837 1975 13.36667186720341 1976 13.99243072617062 1977 13.718444845223928 1978 10.49124388778479 1979 9.060188115023614 1981 5.510599694949587 1996 9.34266862558344 1997 7.9314858292443855 1998 7.928783065376538 1999 12.07565646515043 2000 8.298475937668975 2001 13.328505373572176 2002 9.193104798693051 2003 11.298757557524278 2006 16.09478435553788 2007 15.067494346984994 2008 16.305834057037107 2009 13.438895085204473 2010 14.398817333952097 2011 14.083678612754666 2012 12.710055498831535 2013 13.639516756760589 2014 13.08586865844353 2015 13.69500007031034 2016 12.699973995225056 2017 12.976204444163004 2018 13.101030923494726 2019 14.778334177700872 2020 17.044694430661693 2021 18.6665179545394 2022 18.004077749773252