Year % of total merchandise imports 1968 6.25 1970 5.147058823529411 1971 4.901960784313726 1972 5 1973 3.0444964871194378 1974 3.454515926965641 1975 3.033675118565032 1976 3.7249736564805054 1977 2.9531626678911715 1978 1.914788819110947 1979 4.171179153949657 1980 6.217174011812812 1981 8.204055545871826 1982 5.9887277385777296 1983 7.888783790608857 1984 11.12672279102287 1985 4.09962332521809 1986 8.467340308533132 1987 7.782044525891756 1988 5.359597700005585 1989 7.836793492420134 1990 9.306859410470821 1991 7.595432466229396 1992 8.200570072556353 1993 3.9177665261578802 1994 5.225416597131204 1995 4.5063356902115395 1996 10.311173764892763 1997 12.419640450939635 1998 11.480767152379059 1999 15.383241137653197 2000 21.91681444744577 2001 18.787152579240114 2002 18.56387873163317 2003 14.107688286522752 2004 29.852578033285866 2005 42.42674585935309 2006 36.23622933959047 2007 26.5938111462695 2008 29.697534588128143 2009 21.912104644539777 2010 21.555712668230452 2011 19.575486405521865 2012 21.14211768605178 2013 27.10831898240954 2014 24.960287195334946 2015 17.33704086548988 2016 19.59746126101066 2017 13.887713886550593 2018 13.151206447067985 2019 15.14336019368893 2020 18.87096563917954