Year % of merchandise exports 1974 12.50294259326385 1975 13.348443788889872 1976 13.978496882083691 1977 13.702825092268421 1978 10.48587473672199 1979 9.05555090250115 1981 5.504350593741673 1996 9.32446262345912 1997 7.916262216382876 1998 7.912707277575523 1999 12.051940973790535 2000 8.283514441508297 2001 13.304509777631818 2002 9.175796854259621 2003 11.278249750554382 2006 16.065017110168867 2007 15.04447640576124 2008 16.27744112879764 2009 13.418012110026574 2010 14.376744443858556 2011 14.06155115707453 2012 12.690244867391504 2013 13.618494288408758 2014 13.065266743685648 2015 13.674352633433214 2016 12.681034522812112 2017 12.957093105376249 2018 13.081646961928433 2019 14.756132953740059 2020 17.01795233011247 2021 18.638739250533025 2022 17.975089690877763