Year % of merchandise imports 1970 24.36902477181404 1971 23.937008070684865 1972 23.988550767788126 1973 25.439856523788237 1974 25.920667264639714 1975 23.569052024840772 1976 24.502935322488895 1977 24.47921520807383 1978 24.75080666425436 1979 21.168112396460597 1980 20.02879316158402 1981 19.044228539590453 1982 19.934170536829527 1983 20.42929727542011 1984 21.35038491055088 1985 20.540002158778297 1986 19.752828213848172 1987 21.29046897323936 2002 22.617393081637722 2003 21.071362171928193 2004 20.444233967455727 2005 19.35669522707424 2006 18.460706453772794 2007 19.289009278415765 2008 20.392535779424886 2009 24.654760750504238 2010 22.209575822385286 2011 23.383062970665797 2012 22.938831605111957 2013 19.861055847917623 2014 20.642759027199492 2015 21.42938341534347 2016 21.117549916085856 2017 21.412803704182647 2018 19.684246834832802