Year % of merchandise imports 1965 5.362986083358236 1966 5.444152224418297 1967 5.210666074243011 1968 5.277032556966303 1969 6.102376302709265 1970 6.25238936815967 1971 5.81785786732428 1972 6.080101194960683 1973 4.4758500619784725 1974 2.7960165472103538 1975 2.683408291251014 1976 2.885026326931332 1977 5.682859705019455 1978 4.44891625986613 1979 3.2382819790691033 1980 2.56672732489743 1981 2.801311578201467 1983 3.0450362285660737 1984 3.243610871194436 1985 3.365883981048816 1986 3.3707729943138833 1987 3.8079252027832102 1995 3.85234884522652 1996 3.1544441304142175 1997 3.064189027089262 1998 2.878836586458092 1999 2.916310835628131 2000 2.900905806428858 2001 3.13675808306583 2002 2.8388352733532836 2003 2.8848511521482645 2004 2.96148816953455 2005 2.506108300726409 2006 2.2783370411239323 2007 2.2265908896158217 2008 2.0758937255163588 2009 1.9907327163496822 2010 2.132707335710622 2011 2.276270851059214 2012 2.021891455310106 2013 2.1078499070194754 2014 1.9000158607931668 2015 2.0455656953205783 2016 1.8947691982945758 2017 1.8437750144686706 2018 1.8420967531797006 2019 1.850997927267049 2020 1.782776945230836 2021 1.8532656139979762 2022 1.8466400866209347