Year % of merchandise exports 1963 4.106908658001899 1966 10.156507200152955 1968 8.092968047182056 1969 7.631112077110846 1970 7.98917414004502 1971 8.641574269545623 1972 12.759686441451366 1973 10.15152260957321 1974 9.356158101892213 1975 7.313073858466643 1976 5.648625922256132 1977 4.1895033621874385 1997 1.3439322887988743 1998 1.4164074659920711 1999 1.541823285347268 2000 0.9566891552073451 2001 1.0278499540734947 2002 1.1801869902257234 2003 1.3715215808474666 2004 1.0187165097095308 2005 0.6423351287050041 2006 0.4984347764715558 2007 0.49118340801218324 2008 0.4228356675200932 2009 0.5447431633987523 2010 0.5720437584803183 2011 0.47098369459241135 2013 0.5317398254433442 2014 0.5130913992390815 2015 0.5811216625655675 2016 0.4803741578349573 2017 0.5057630910002335