Year % of merchandise imports 1970 1.295611887134838 1971 1.6009838936895706 1972 1.146782407679352 1973 1.0413125673456822 1974 1.427302610014866 1975 1.761012094130512 1976 2.1973863303465135 1977 2.6139699163501575 1978 2.906818427419857 1988 2.2115953039285587 1989 2.9681627587925643 1990 2.64118109636152 1991 2.6908558808188934 1992 2.475202749396358 1993 2.8578821204144202 1994 2.662207921948182 1995 3.1095536068718386 1996 3.1784763822073967 1997 2.639029921456065 1998 3.1084403727619487 1999 2.1704455438303882 2000 2.3739773980343024 2001 2.4209955862284627 2002 2.1138604519840807 2003 1.975206573215094 2004 2.3209206894213015 2005 1.9070317022778054 2006 2.101432242388792 2007 2.4740792929874633 2008 2.613477343192985 2009 2.3603926783111784 2010 2.1621041260872667 2011 2.994750453297215 2012 1.9920372804632713 2013 2.177020623802419 2014 2.1158070880752 2015 2.337717017188308 2016 2.192611586249929 2017 2.414473861939392 2018 2.128458892214154 2019 2.2038061233603847 2020 1.8864152791117144 2021 1.796897713845356 2022 2.0009464561487182 2023 1.467779574813973