Year	% of merchandise imports
1976	1.243267858157276
1977	1.3715717175369613
1978	1.0710206132852074
1979	1.1511521067253216
1980	1.136443101981338
1981	1.142247848973638
1982	0.9522532774084632
1983	1.2133277336346553
1984	1.176998944966533
1985	1.321528737396176
1986	1.2834846275502874
1987	0.9444207922091502
1988	1.130611084105893
1989	1.4982617074604168
1990	1.3100704382477766
1991	1.2909827184428047
1992	1.210864534004308
1993	1.0862881421539403
1994	1.0560896396747435
1996	1.1764519217435778
1997	1.054370695407469
1998	0.9352116520559484
1999	0.8497076738792787
2000	0.9585115497704173
2001	1.0751237854235316
2002	1.3015588171333228
2003	0.8941057411075407
2004	1.348379265650653
2005	1.087527577204215
2006	1.193207410017194
2007	1.2438687033597349
2008	1.28096570535441
2009	0.9347261598110281