Year % of merchandise imports 1962 8.769249051528881 1963 7.724312215561469 1964 8.323911050240614 1965 8.71497945903907 1966 8.89386976141954 1967 8.444074589028808 1968 8.450998969758944 1969 8.057429792800372 1970 8.026974372806542 1971 6.6206001352332 1972 5.865436326844999 1973 6.059184060186201 1974 6.180132247795475 1975 5.044099779456532 1976 5.053296870672919 1977 4.7935548543361355 1978 4.433656305992905 1979 4.72128730132936 1980 5.089698247021695 1981 4.276650230221 1982 3.9309891542496174 1983 4.221561635655564 1984 4.258539266898925 1985 3.972288150580556 1986 3.771797376968926 1987 3.6315250602388742 1989 4.6757912033731985 1990 4.023001356262679 1991 3.7638704225048953 1992 3.324363979644834 1993 3.287005292256668 1994 3.3186080122933594 1995 3.6100152966135837 1996 3.1607493502485933 1997 3.2952813126484783 1998 3.229551320084347 1999 2.947098033516278 2000 3.148324909584525 2001 3.0133094492752464 2002 2.773057884504077 2003 2.719240377799899 2004 3.1235754933886706 2005 3.2274977481344114 2006 4.095929182285268 2007 4.237226810545216 2008 3.862330988557539 2009 3.0356389201144878 2010 3.7034070636047502 2011 3.9708700187520063 2012 3.5423634253535092 2013 3.290488230909396 2014 3.257638369596722 2015 3.0736673093060287 2016 2.8854901044202617 2017 3.208385718335356 2018 3.2520847447339625 2019 3.1639562177203264 2020 3.414454739126232 2021 4.118029161106433 2022 3.625199174555885 2023 3.1447606407554876