Year % of merchandise imports 1964 2.566052532247337 1965 2.740501687205265 1966 2.438232753100731 1967 2.259549587671655 1968 2.311035730975861 1969 3.2502515209096763 1970 2.148211685763879 1971 1.9344769118169995 1972 2.4080463095693383 1973 3.031989150440719 1974 2.0175710664543622 1975 2.055875420455252 1976 2.964414907824202 1977 3.0519841777660397 1978 2.4931531518986656 1979 2.0638527547241434 1980 1.8651754377657326 1981 1.6672286905242668 1982 1.3629914889486783 1983 1.345087071619623 1984 1.5833155606266514 1985 1.268248695185033 1986 1.475572589804252 1987 1.789473593803902 1988 1.6648277574589132 1989 1.569165811618705 1990 1.3099863301901313 1991 1.0418546551304324 1992 1.0778243952827276 1993 1.1584073785066498 1994 1.1900523609075286 1995 1.2320897589378845 1996 1.384519999765917 1997 1.3152798497451137 1998 1.4860517588611948 1999 1.432888394913735 2000 1.3334425213514156 2001 1.3065389367101954 2002 1.1165933050689274 2003 1.1270396022911422 2004 1.1929012976214401 2005 1.1969422632774795 2006 1.268897316284126 2007 1.4417383792443899 2008 1.5328128771723348 2009 1.9407083824410178 2010 1.986410525751673 2011 2.4636788577272895 2012 2.5032121830118803 2013 2.1169490371334607 2014 1.736688657627305 2015 1.7337306177467264 2016 1.7172066630755916 2017 1.9951346241719654 2018 1.7617318566900457 2019 1.884524139818028 2020 2.08515399578034 2021 2.497382953105703 2022 1.554043024886551 2023 1.4148751034047111