Year % of merchandise imports 1962 68.94989284779747 1963 66.90224758346945 1964 68.53762273061821 1965 70.793076237205 1966 72.82517638488393 1967 75.36598589007691 1968 76.59891913946628 1969 79.2200493414437 1970 78.23163305760423 1971 78.72188488169735 1972 79.453133540021 1973 78.32292382082302 1974 74.12252539584566 1975 73.58070691452153 1976 74.50342191700676 1977 75.8509266997275 1978 76.9623289215035 1979 76.24203512201214 1980 71.65056794851493 1981 73.20863045796196 1982 75.09753309895817 1983 78.86736538932813 1984 80.06475439775082 1985 81.63659612140154 1986 82.59868391547967 1987 82.52113407446323 1988 83.55115228144182 1989 81.53950890182712 1990 80.02944392322982 1991 81.17549568582496 1992 81.67033033571497 1993 82.20584835505935 1994 83.07138712017134 1995 82.77103491714986 1996 81.74391164095022 1997 82.63075172824486 1998 84.4149547368058 1999 85.2312989292148 2000 84.15262276982867 2001 82.95853646350719 2002 83.56535609872323 2003 82.03739780539064 2004 81.01825162573371 2005 78.89669603777219 2006 78.22288741415626 2007 77.36530655820052 2008 73.8822115180784 2009 75.61989524077791 2010 74.7700870355887 2011 72.36450704634538 2012 73.74466218819549 2013 73.93156432170834 2014 74.34993495733848 2015 77.264624262667 2016 77.83021331408104 2017 77.46298862365302 2018 76.81892010436006 2019 77.19446583965959 2020 76.34425116820597 2021 75.75752749219016 2022 74.9597412771758 2023 75.9495094405905