Year % of merchandise imports 1962 6.626987913213592 1963 6.96796301152173 1964 7.216556847299745 1965 7.289819967655655 1966 6.629069050380962 1967 6.471124064818621 1968 5.924902615175765 1969 5.833236814604042 1970 5.30838829931558 1971 6.6606317561893995 1972 6.738809331270144 1973 8.396515918003397 1974 11.948150231151947 1975 11.321794815081109 1976 12.608503450052629 1977 12.595516063730905 1978 11.622122434097541 1979 13.036252821193617 1980 13.917347461180325 1981 16.78036363747677 1982 17.10069563028222 1983 16.74778871429449 1984 17.179266181732725 1985 16.8331722626227 1986 9.945132936818464 1987 11.403337366286195 1989 11.239154987480266 1990 10.636247243041492 1991 9.35722495774474 1992 8.618838061143016 1993 7.4401626848823526 1994 5.854686698221827 1995 5.638323995782856 1996 5.8567387119296015 1997 5.85771652804875 1998 4.627079070584382 1999 5.494453257065577 2000 7.389473345229261 2001 7.349895141711064 2002 6.8445234503690715 2003 7.736542698747084 2004 8.714096241537423 2005 9.93945272409402 2006 10.069628692789468 2007 11.37114549821886 2008 13.062058322647426 2009 10.292814126527668 2010 11.57359401663121 2011 13.644128671082116 2012 13.277979492699439 2013 13.502934307932758 2014 13.125589107552942 2015 10.201436031085692 2016 9.143022153769923 2017 10.87288370195228 2018 12.198007712137631 2019 11.175396210054728 2020 8.098098276952634 2021 10.700485469576261 2022 13.74020303210477 2023 10.162398624115974