Year % of total merchandise imports 1973 12.232114083145342 1974 7.837897404815693 1975 8.287493749147611 1976 7.769354272772704 1977 6.103035960350269 1978 4.547724140685854 1979 3.8767209985163356 1980 3.68235167933317 1981 4.684747885055651 1982 2.990307962025735 1983 2.6214710966007297 1984 3.0882582312702858 1985 3.4605747039985433 1986 3.572058737036093 1987 4.277902509238878 1988 5.281389561806826 1989 4.539148907127743 1990 7.038677739348767 1991 7.476954092770449 1992 10.236512292652273 1993 11.975627145701422 1994 12.91983355813838 1995 17.718708195503243 1996 16.30354822308826 1997 12.714957228782902 1998 17.342949132001902 1999 13.533981479827343 2000 11.94959850543434 2001 14.438998003752559 2002 15.575266349596411 2003 16.41861445164433 2004 16.257239909330792 2005 15.335713350932037 2006 14.091528219592234 2007 15.6367723897371 2008 16.42938422116061 2009 14.257156639719456 2010 15.756397466739132 2011 15.634379271111582 2012 15.511272975965134 2013 15.582519618002255 2014 16.263528102643384 2015 15.604940809665937 2016 14.865116144790194 2017 16.44931411789355 2018 16.965080738182074 2019 13.895308677725065 2020 15.16225903041194