Year % of merchandise imports 1966 3.8517965820607443 1968 4.250622563955796 1969 4.498907170883971 1970 4.745218460398581 1971 4.8032822176070304 1972 4.022963093559536 1973 2.6602873393440536 1974 3.6789383778545894 1975 4.581200259659137 1976 4.571695317335266 1977 4.796445348722891 1997 5.837903851704089 1998 4.630946744359662 1999 6.071750732719949 2000 6.8436146937042475 2001 6.511723479748495 2002 5.818927200153684 2003 7.684869075932076 2004 9.445030396764468 2005 12.908695414027758 2006 13.521842705545176 2007 16.107764076129307 2008 23.062417238013705 2009 10.986958357189847 2010 11.58300671818305 2011 13.617154870124857 2013 14.057002634930127 2014 14.888520895030815 2015 11.498404046310453 2016 9.909077973427802 2017 10.54250796777606