Year % of merchandise exports 1996 2.8421568487319426 1997 3.0833414506391428 1998 3.058362011613784 1999 2.94734677832137 2000 2.606237370211033 2001 2.27104753843424 2002 2.3648710235063923 2003 2.3346214894692716 2004 2.138469892416882 2005 1.9089491971273695 2006 1.7648812093791735 2007 1.8007456715872674 2008 1.3828784149585547 2009 1.4457899448225628 2010 1.4722534775215126 2011 1.437187884287007 2012 1.3647481680795162 2013 1.4462304800112598 2014 1.4651702248519096 2015 1.5775950438243296 2016 1.698776359808794 2017 1.6421941523433412 2018 1.5934189844395432 2019 1.5025495358566938 2020 1.6479818783611424 2021 1.580005383271057