Year % of merchandise imports 1970 1.8308171190867435 1971 2.058132220268323 1972 1.9261983288735411 1973 1.787677893100079 1974 1.9056356738762321 1975 0.8355356964967885 1976 1.0346435506030671 1977 1.7520893785093812 1978 1.7943936093539608 1979 1.8846838918519837 1980 1.6363704191870172 1981 1.8012713891445677 1982 1.2926786120573481 1983 1.4361011031544968 1984 1.5005675845622257 1985 1.3786349068521233 1986 1.3958064455995567 1987 1.407694661035778 1989 1.3712672646521995 1990 1.448345083006983 1991 1.3493208586036862 1992 1.1764832169737691 1993 1.273671664205526 1994 1.3005098916023055 1995 1.3283207080989203 1996 1.032539626029547 1997 1.0517965733334311 1998 1.2519482911250919 1999 1.2208265444373811 2000 0.9696212743396014 2001 1.0216856128206533 2002 1.039692172100848 2003 1.2707012072006885 2004 1.18189278915222 2005 1.1025094072362902 2006 1.0147816337412978 2007 1.2411823847564905 2008 0.9496761945165225 2009 0.858887560533603 2010 0.7780939526008148 2011 0.7371910968006191 2012 0.7419462432502902 2013 0.7505014085860964 2014 0.633147683523848 2015 0.55170290033854 2016 0.6094728445319116 2017 0.4968112915982415 2018 0.4651796819289242 2019 0.578307935683281 2020 0.538177290404116 2021 0.5659960676287954 2022 0.5700361485669104 2023 0.42867591418578704