Year % of merchandise imports 1963 5.296154832896724 1964 5.311503944864179 1965 6.001669731325097 1966 6.1802395090732185 1967 5.547847505143565 1968 5.163417007509445 1969 4.511794454205742 1970 4.042322010777509 1971 4.306178984178176 1972 3.932381286483745 1973 4.361458604517849 1974 3.6169186315394932 1975 3.6015689414466583 1976 3.7800123837927595 1977 3.5313395513887658 1978 3.547312490759505 1979 3.205698506402731 1980 2.8657570266124415 1981 2.77155127804573 1982 3.259289060807931 1983 3.254949379287237 1984 3.734513874355417 1985 3.3608078555603687 1986 3.0404311254427974 1987 3.031332313852057 1988 2.9314174068629586 1989 2.588751172971817 1990 2.3244023546241954 1991 2.389280270252329 1992 3.3056582327878226 1993 2.8629420015542775 1994 2.834595087258113 1995 3.6127652649124773 1996 2.566943891047339 1997 2.5380868159227563 1998 2.704436316481671 1999 2.6533544379573404 2000 2.3892589189373847 2001 2.7875764758831822 2002 2.886875981961779 2003 2.843898141480005 2004 2.8304911985376777 2005 2.9181624395727987 2006 2.6139539196799957 2007 2.9518684001177875 2008 3.07491858159624 2009 2.098047278420321 2010 2.4927122426506263 2011 2.4083958177908467 2012 2.3273941423743465 2013 2.5451616134494106 2014 2.43018241303224 2015 2.2039357374945405 2016 2.062856999155138 2017 1.8652816682314746 2018 2.1960019800251223 2019 1.9615014210178332 2020 1.9299935168910474 2021 1.8357519052206346 2022 1.5809816431782 2023 1.5107133796161945