Year % of total merchandise imports 1973 9.303496616177892 1974 4.289492534023913 1975 5.668954857480565 1976 7.516294697444949 1977 11.608658932302086 1978 11.67721877142876 1979 9.715406243839682 1980 11.247778254474136 1981 11.537431591969435 1982 11.350931163375343 1983 6.038200324737678 1984 12.279874330617428 1985 11.515456204451798 1986 9.015625306330504 1987 11.278206504023352 1988 10.317891926632718 1989 13.348179003098744 1990 10.137167997799338 1991 9.634802817651899 1992 13.085516569645872 1993 12.686888985654102 1994 16.160235230362737 1995 16.711637682518717 1996 18.15369410440584 1997 19.292237132837077 1998 18.416562317166214 1999 16.094056388740082 2000 18.278842241116305 2001 18.24546467766249 2002 21.5658771180744 2003 22.04946946545647 2004 24.92170612192342 2005 26.029054706192838 2006 27.977291450378832 2007 28.68198182542051 2008 29.188537343227082 2009 35.95329635586526 2010 36.703282564200244 2011 40.87839273380994 2012 40.21265317131978 2013 40.95306336738466 2014 39.82443311043778 2015 40.7731909369703 2016 42.47831272905621 2017 41.79132123460299 2018 42.94398702266255 2019 43.99763123262061 2020 45.4150391495602