Year % of merchandise imports 1996 9.901440933679602 1997 8.897233573548283 1998 7.639735867695792 1999 8.188093649993405 2000 6.455718291581869 2001 6.738024367079993 2002 6.622116902254827 2003 6.8294924663769025 2004 6.110253958632274 2005 5.826896873868876 2006 5.506668692795811 2007 5.728548724849496 2008 6.545910316494757 2009 7.267253110375805 2010 7.045696729830973 2011 6.908759195182802 2012 7.10416090922858 2013 7.710124935594056 2014 8.424755861290853 2015 8.58844201129231 2016 8.987100127332885 2017 8.708623123005765 2018 8.295871728049622 2019 8.751994924556296 2020 9.408472653631943 2021 9.06192165079223 2022 8.79575722180248 2023 8.28700037833558