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 10.151522609573211 1974 9.356158101892213 1975 7.313073858466643 1976 5.648625922256132 1977 4.189503362187439 1997 1.3439322887988745 1998 1.4164074659920711 1999 1.541823285347268 2000 0.9471874314901815 2001 1.0141874367873012 2002 1.1497291648507952 2003 1.3455500048843223 2004 1.0011051656095191 2005 0.6114931407932287 2006 0.48918121988118535 2007 0.4638279699067731 2008 0.4179952538919894 2009 0.5387515430917679 2010 0.5638585704686888 2011 0.46050437197215077 2013 0.45655417081122124 2014 0.5010779341188617 2015 0.5784912488116212 2016 0.47838018677257726 2017 0.5050300184169948