Year % of total merchandise imports 1960 2.750463821892393 1961 2.83716594157862 1962 2.832006067500948 1963 3.2649883970272886 1964 2.954400306552561 1965 2.2658195902871503 1966 1.95222891171431 1967 1.735340935779338 1968 1.7939970100049834 1969 1.8409856229709836 1970 1.799463849350889 1971 1.6490645058496838 1972 1.4694450948255677 1973 1.5527398063615416 1974 1.602265093141348 1975 1.562350507466546 1976 1.6456016353920369 1977 1.9923808341168332 1978 2.0431685462659996 1979 1.7893657170283972 1980 1.98659410355146 1981 2.7047842149386883 1982 3.0486338850366894 1983 3.008248143771867 1984 2.9147195492385736 1985 2.678411510964281 1986 2.4991570173801736 1987 2.3939287329748202 1988 2.5798021658418833 1989 2.7964886496648176 1990 2.626237941081882 1991 3.0659819088242086 1992 3.036675528092377 1993 3.1600604566184693 1994 3.389137744178171 1995 3.6345588291475432 1996 3.886806512679672 1997 3.845147931540905 1998 3.8216523980026467 1999 4.046327863757073 2000 4.382647754078287 2001 4.7651605498100285 2002 4.986917007939646 2003 5.061527080501078 2004 5.469170867781504 2005 5.927611918526203 2006 6.389484462287774 2007 6.6356621557079265 2008 6.372992043398384 2009 7.247807111999389 2010 8.614331459963239 2011 8.918049168043686 2012 8.608183415289062 2013 8.576804056127504 2014 8.521159240370228 2015 8.449959901005672 2016 8.751259948696324 2017 8.830057318422318 2018 8.597068018828086 2019 8.656855257205338 2020 8.445155524929575