Year % of total merchandise imports 1973 5.691056910569105 1975 0.9900990099009901 1976 1.8617021276595744 1977 1.545253863134658 1978 3.1523642732049035 1979 2.7479091995221028 1980 3.5934291581108826 1981 4.511278195488721 1982 4.423868312757202 1983 4.0428061831153395 1984 4.176334106728538 1985 3.5031847133757963 1986 3.2591866410489994 1987 2.6371308016877637 1988 2.7895999498196904 1989 3.4942479310689762 1990 3.6277761024378714 1991 7.425688273828469 1992 4.797789664003547 1993 4.44354512236496 1994 3.998849251740142 1995 4.2455296016301 1996 3.1851994953527774 1997 4.796000125958875 1998 4.966263147576807 1999 5.120455919571689 2000 4.915277667729812 2001 3.3609566908133126 2002 4.09204566449668 2003 3.7556732202627674 2004 3.6870099277784276 2005 4.877053246326648 2006 6.309043667182513 2007 5.839028389033136 2008 3.814177674357455 2009 5.546012378026615 2010 4.245960006405281 2011 3.198031125933703 2012 5.146860140382734 2013 6.443264795691167 2014 7.585162945937888 2015 8.482231748691904 2016 4.936156662330371 2017 6.644517641708242 2018 9.13464342617534 2019 8.519956735478498 2020 8.151796718016637