Year % of merchandise imports 1974 0.9634967333522919 1975 1.447392546533503 1976 1.532134465243905 1977 1.5998644323002722 1978 1.907385701583163 1979 1.6118288011993502 1980 1.7760659184512813 1981 1.5594134382547675 1982 1.1012374309517878 1983 1.5201080363458064 1984 1.2521802274951437 1985 1.5875210207025245 1986 2.2821795395696736 1987 1.8599435839170688 2000 1.8020180258115124 2001 1.2787858613329628 2002 2.6841144415226528 2003 2.6663156495041878 2004 2.65721073972858 2005 2.6404575914766353 2006 3.1240296174680346 2007 3.5355045435954406 2008 4.10140596106101 2009 3.6782177341212363 2010 2.88632816181962