Year % of merchandise imports 1970 7.125063916580047 1971 8.013737887563536 1972 6.970573601431173 1973 5.592907100251276 1974 12.86840680578182 1975 15.985355423036518 1976 15.159454074214212 1977 13.942763063628025 1978 11.100980184522026 1979 12.550605327604966 1980 18.617170829578292 1981 21.676411522289396 1982 20.445608656198573 1983 18.853692469023873 1984 18.35594491726427 1985 18.156355705412512 1986 12.747849226134761 1987 12.470242989526058 1989 9.612517196310408 1990 10.546763008764596 1991 10.307646569349613 1992 8.565595791012596 1993 10.163146089794685 1994 8.408707068062917 1995 7.736677230048981 1996 8.487887010364423 1997 8.326929681307018 1998 6.594989846187907 1999 8.699932977682955 2000 12.760516305800746 2001 12.014682701839984 2002 10.898883900513628 2003 9.900183165461153 2004 11.987180671562314 2005 16.11665677156321 2006 18.042787639095888 2007 16.77893948822314 2008 19.653092555924076 2009 17.543624172245696 2010 20.137277145729453 2011 25.07196047245362 2012 30.155426354240323 2013 28.90955921342281 2014 20.87463800924365 2015 17.402960913990732 2016 14.957640135248838 2017 17.685223308600314 2018 20.513057868569533 2019 18.795287047363416 2020 13.994959056323339 2021 18.013827957103352 2022 23.263455435658024 2023 22.430718973007902