Year % of total merchandise imports 1960 1.46491904394757 1961 1.08286684408553 1962 1.81734740706746 1963 1.97905759162304 1964 1.94820622475647 1965 1.72746042670337 1966 1.92207015182111 1967 2.01028834438879 1968 2.04784130688448 1969 2.64253498323118 1970 2.81949126570641 1971 2.7415596648654 1972 3.29730642573672 1973 5.54894537587885 1974 4.37502996595867 1975 5.1739731403901 1976 5.64874753729243 1977 6.58810223474406 1978 6.24496166578049 1979 7.40898385403365 1980 6.7920755054426 1981 6.8380628870318 1982 8.7725321888412 1983 9.78223297614933 1984 9.54759526188098 1985 8.00930996714129 1986 7.58349705304519 1987 7.81569609684826 1988 8.75881039534285 1989 7.81132419873663 1990 8.91975624011653 1991 10.3399876041518 1992 11.7304137602292 1993 11.0240465742681 1994 12.2931478215897 1995 18.1064739105303 1996 15.3081797712545 1997 15.3298254111682 1998 14.2343392566754 1999 14.3116627563763 2000 15.9833700177016 2001 18.5907443120927 2002 19.0848649397816 2003 24.6575076745013 2004 27.7878132233056 2005 30.1587390676133 2006 29.4556494463739 2007 29.6857956884826 2008 30.5659272474116 2009 29.5461701228406 2010 22.7170163174738 2011 21.3057364765937 2012 22.2225003224578 2013 20.112757603022 2014 24.933027820804 2015 24.6948253610616 2016 21.862149236804 2017 22.2233076425414