Year % of total merchandise imports 1969 0.4608294930875576 1970 0.4484304932735426 1971 0.6688963210702341 1972 3.5143769968051117 1973 2.2435897435897436 1974 5.09288248799833 1975 6.253750466274186 1976 4.603400648559615 1977 5.976523751791028 1978 3.680850413904756 1979 3.955763504891536 1980 3.6816562671830546 1981 3.3258763966264073 1982 3.09785067082014 1983 3.1565367125317865 1984 6.31630531950413 1985 3.0995166230028413 1986 2.0302833509929252 1987 2.4045745787773134 1988 3.2792674272841604 1989 3.5207787002306943 1990 3.494834404488064 1991 5.424987578793621 1992 3.70219995205517 1993 4.158500248117409 1994 4.633333609691104 1995 4.042776559467744 1996 3.387514896404205 1997 2.2991873147453594 1998 4.079893226719173 1999 3.733402908315774 2000 4.680707264612442 2001 5.401247848777948 2002 5.98083984439284 2003 4.4649787292728655 2004 3.739644624434845 2005 4.497235660875322 2006 4.382602289320257 2007 4.357495565782696 2008 6.037445385975411 2009 8.446080481151872 2010 10.095980693435108 2011 8.384382630334612 2012 9.433631130614954 2013 9.586728440406828 2014 14.016665382950999 2015 16.921358916726497 2016 18.2407430774384 2017 14.992085628876126 2018 14.451295367764367 2019 18.227499690852493 2020 18.832960145143797