Year % of merchandise imports 1962 6.359743333471829 1963 6.104769766494497 1964 5.881604541994169 1965 5.297478759245044 1966 5.135237452766427 1967 5.040907141658487 1968 4.665072895298216 1969 4.298034054535244 1970 3.942969131387329 1971 3.4406251608163685 1972 3.3942125147815396 1973 3.6488641283595102 1974 3.4158985258588 1975 3.1559865336478503 1976 3.3147874029337276 1977 3.0920598515612974 1978 2.862221837701934 1979 2.6374122027518903 1980 2.602252039043037 1981 2.7648394578593374 1982 2.5693034842582105 1983 2.579830815945169 1984 2.752927221044721 1985 2.7493219302736858 1986 2.468584066568379 1987 2.39612864704509 1988 2.456178664267921 1989 2.430086873927343 1990 2.2225426910713066 1991 1.9923955118693846 1992 2.017391866866828 1993 1.8690011135819793 1994 1.981274868949414 1995 2.0047099020354158 1996 1.7143995742190783 1997 1.5892066789312245 1998 1.5147617013524517 1999 1.4583529236662225 2000 1.4325033124157025 2001 1.2516651841721518 2002 1.2303931723497978 2003 1.2179373676260392 2004 1.1593438716240754 2005 1.0788991093253877 2006 1.0347462556523064 2007 0.914375844410297 2008 0.8235857909210192 2009 0.7661780655492998 2010 1.0040056957069265 2011 0.9068636237292699 2012 0.5865062261642091 2013 0.5527719200814849 2014 0.6433078370634161 2015 0.6061583807746687 2016 0.562893981005993 2017 0.5716389015822246 2018 0.5750177640665702 2019 0.5495100819832558 2020 0.5181988659267409 2021 0.5719424702599484 2022 0.4981925591547104 2023 0.452976003702593