Year % of merchandise imports 1973 24.666263051177257 1974 30.44956335850777 1975 24.256285963059398 1976 26.940442524885622 1977 25.593636113244717 1978 25.025034077264696 1979 28.502061373866926 1980 29.31816062949425 1981 13.072637389033485 1983 14.252163357377437 1984 13.08748625998166 1985 12.232469600416453 1986 11.576551914541284 1987 9.476234361036639 1989 10.825149554818712 1990 11.8563232558191 1991 10.324115122174069 1992 10.909521738300587 1993 12.272702122096561 1994 13.658029593854659 1995 14.023484302937597 1996 13.15737264458896 1997 12.321848388373585 1998 12.053559480210794 1999 11.067096284513296 2000 11.452719145408143 2001 13.472168516003089 2002 13.37062653460056 2003 13.059075257366365 2004 12.18322514508366 2005 12.558890831803481 2006 11.49420535686892 2007 11.744561781711859 2008 12.815861773147116 2009 17.396660305786224 2010 17.315033505453307 2011 16.408465441002523 2012 14.247095256761497 2013 14.193097842797615 2014 15.009748489028949 2015 16.042365001637737 2016 16.777520349872006 2017 17.859710471606483 2018 16.396837362130583 2019 16.59836739305065 2020 14.184741770404658 2021 11.05082981736564 2022 15.31628596869006 2023 18.19249618609353