Year % of total merchandise exports 1960 0.08285004142502071 1961 0.15161086544535693 1962 0.07634559104211731 1971 0.1520232506147999 1972 0.170596921424736 1973 0.23075527978112975 1974 0.9561314084645993 1975 1.9033742900627342 1976 2.006777431439275 1977 1.3942233950310052 1978 1.2335475726233749 1979 2.0914968652037618 1980 2.779312702710195 1981 3.2513348419109205 1982 2.425337191154819 1983 3.092064089854286 1984 3.463952313411389 1985 3.7162226977889636 1986 2.685183002596283 1987 2.0006194895848313 1988 2.0875402592201673 1989 1.668342756843539 1990 3.3382678843231295 1991 3.154924376917341 1992 3.430948983595837 1993 3.4743417721647436 1994 2.7187837240312724 1995 2.41500897460973 1996 2.720038430195415 1997 2.461807620789609 1998 2.741254188753889 1999 2.9062749327051 2000 2.7387098033170525 2001 2.8968151848102566 2002 3.064911924348279 2003 2.96308431330469 2004 3.0197135096810968 2005 3.528492699506955 2006 4.08087276780273 2007 4.5534874919859 2008 5.008802871968191 2009 4.937883125650429 2010 5.0533184153949335 2011 5.978636409959122 2012 5.999354167697449 2013 5.097072821479616 2014 6.81843978120159 2015 6.320022885150893 2016 5.901730162960874 2017 5.413291293205061 2018 5.103870000657483 2019 4.78720642929218 2020 5.0212563233341525