Year % of merchandise imports 1970 8.594557499900937 1971 8.809119286929306 1972 9.43235764902601 1973 13.005994604819124 1974 18.251122586488485 1975 16.66086143618541 1976 14.885728654472521 1977 20.025532969076398 1978 24.639287689037065 1979 21.759456267838516 1981 37.461893199320976 1991 16.255462442051577 1992 10.757472173408749 1997 16.195279710991873 1998 13.985101972386222 1999 18.530396263287216 2000 22.277179262474736 2001 22.229084845379095 2002 22.243923122805345 2003 24.474927921805943 2004 27.533046519746858 2005 29.397299851426073 2006 30.29601873475557 2007 23.975225705546475 2008 32.542342129003785 2009 25.695783687200226 2010 29.872933736979697 2011 32.94713662160317 2012 32.30211390447298 2013 31.967947168293843 2014 32.63605177328022 2015 25.0362473965683 2016 20.3398964001316 2017 21.41911177449294 2018 22.158116296573883 2019 15.28827117863357 2020 22.029930548514535 2021 19.016242904101745 2022 35.59750772439201 2023 19.370802773867666