Year % of total merchandise imports 1967 2.9749550297495504 1968 2.2604465294066545 1969 2.7555114506428957 1970 3.7996311176563102 1971 3.39331726373535 1972 3.748695548931756 1973 3.009721508089299 1974 3.0837819650067293 1975 2.361162566424489 1976 3.388024551129081 1977 4.777391056116119 1978 3.9200292469089417 1979 3.0720772262366354 1980 3.30562261416247 1981 3.299066912269047 1982 2.696049814355688 1983 3.452920011656191 1984 2.447135128064961 1985 2.4460718013703917 1986 2.5085110526019503 1987 2.587522019664475 1988 3.5278340572717033 1989 3.542681537557954 1990 3.2771949398350277 1991 2.8054171969566712 1992 2.7489993447354117 1993 2.762658422365723 1994 2.7114586083587944 1995 2.8556304456261596 1996 3.5163119878046594 1997 3.795335823449554 1998 2.6965594534274997 1999 2.8908640111785906 2000 2.6004399672013956 2001 3.57257940959763 2002 3.0843354270839023 2003 3.0894030532376044 2004 3.9854046008417456 2005 3.942727896557491 2006 4.3443445706490085 2007 5.093384918561457 2008 5.870376865567 2009 6.324832418878103 2010 6.79515498224421 2011 7.324200979535281 2012 7.4339553048954174 2013 8.021761214449976 2014 8.69765782658008 2015 6.871228765122715 2016 6.868634898527656 2017 7.8338234648527 2018 7.700727650533019 2019 7.686831788512705 2020 8.179206472748673