However, the Colombian innovation system is still small, overly centred on state actors and performs well below the level required for its sustained development. The share of GDP due to non-manufacturing industry (mining, including petroleum, construction, utilities) increased rapidly, from less than a tenth to over a fifth of output, w'hile the manufacturing sector either stagnated or contracted, falling from just over a fifth to about a sixth of output. This may reflect a significant long-term trend of relative “de-manufacturisation”, which mirrors to some degree the experience of other Latin American countries, as the scale and scope of manufacturing exports, especially from Asia, has increased.