Year % of merchandise imports 1976 15.023867531117356 1977 13.793820014814273 1978 14.239273667854329 1979 14.40505272430435 1980 13.703064581685961 1981 14.153627100337667 1982 13.7216297928417 1983 10.853329216202463 1984 9.86971434079632 1985 10.545273578025546 1986 12.329708029033869 1987 10.279842568387311 1988 14.159582230242297 1989 16.358172921391816 1990 20.861606596628274 1991 25.613439255566945 1992 28.192445747685525 1993 27.86230591505166 1994 27.856296036601307 1996 22.32568907749876 1997 23.074223641355236 1998 24.33483883407373 1999 20.33202703871318 2000 17.274808049351158 2001 19.239984091102603 2002 19.319812652181632 2003 15.226522148159477 2004 18.042612851679557 2005 13.22946530205964 2006 13.58194966523767 2007 13.157711152116192 2008 15.541873377488455 2009 17.067388019153366