Year	% of merchandise imports
1976	14.113624993815316
1977	15.412494299968552
1978	13.961297308262905
1979	16.726726251829387
1980	21.675908962703456
1981	23.393480713312435
1982	24.79102718070873
1983	19.167329481328327
1984	16.705931200651104
1985	17.725988655026796
1986	9.651296922846294
1987	6.328185384574955
1988	5.814105610597276
1989	9.99133728037384
1990	12.058530201358383
1991	12.859045399697782
1992	12.515198332361363
1993	15.453063781616763
1994	11.835257206111843
1996	11.66350355712582
1997	10.77732102185254
1998	7.220351410056472
1999	8.09211200242246
2000	11.789955715800373
2001	11.740451296975527
2002	10.632840799439112
2003	9.148560294105847
2004	14.10334859655629
2005	16.238531108781157
2006	18.770487976801835
2007	15.810808697122534
2008	20.957436798403325
2009	15.727331686607416