Year % of merchandise imports 1962 3.4260321233373525 1963 3.498932826662808 1964 3.5446580255984523 1965 4.257478201515572 1966 5.879495076539617 1967 6.530172016726669 1968 6.735809221335584 1969 6.62282605871075 1970 8.197539696283354 1971 8.844275516265771 1972 8.5614793736651 1973 7.070392230088607 1974 6.482216227445717 1975 8.842412610884553 1976 7.845007539936328 1977 8.48625384584557 1978 8.511375796109467 1979 11.328238658834408 1980 13.212764776259183 1981 15.553216173298889 1982 16.468251785679623 1983 17.119318030679135 1995 13.986110157566944 1996 13.893266941146889 1997 18.04102232870966 1998 15.783470738049802 1999 16.04710662252619 2000 25.2464848600164 2001 25.108410895223198 2002 16.914328985317617 2003 16.8770185480534 2004 16.161825912315848 2005 19.941299352198968 2007 24.177863794542706 2008 24.796491059764513 2009 23.999718313821273 2010 22.362049367311958 2011 24.494040265156155 2012 25.94435021983036 2013 26.08068154852714 2014 31.594520058820468 2015 26.175267590565266 2016 19.930296882759453 2017 23.513419278392824 2018 26.62548937255525 2019 28.219555155075465 2020 26.614931681537296 2021 28.92477161457327 2022 36.95900409146388 2023 39.582817317992166