Year % of merchandise exports 1973 31.363207485471076 1974 34.320835655392194 1997 44.00413802197274 1998 40.80530345333339 1999 34.50593130054997 2000 35.62096368712209 2001 31.085607110400147 2002 31.606533106243326 2003 37.46665864317909 2004 35.95632270363428 2005 36.17842250258511 2006 32.77004839116095 2007 29.354410643209786 2008 29.92327419071489 2009 30.077894563292418 2010 27.601602375534004 2011 25.253704597420054 2012 26.15878988571761 2013 29.077007146259028 2014 27.696648032854966 2015 30.895540035021604 2016 28.480487588072897 2017 28.179387562962855 2018 27.342728866205235 2019 26.653463127535222 2020 24.30581747309442 2021 24.337890854870132 2022 26.946862565191033 2023 23.490085579103408