Year % of merchandise imports 1962 5.911229600797041 1963 6.243840845175352 1964 6.4167215760039005 1965 6.348136623819212 1966 6.089212669966116 1967 5.432905376698856 1968 5.184735335373566 1969 4.97995087445181 1970 4.901882602204764 1971 4.272677675943782 1972 4.704518154070534 1973 5.047967727396408 1974 4.505825225647516 1975 3.6313957427091257 1976 3.996793375320637 1977 4.012048832266882 1978 4.246783012758099 1979 4.552389444012163 1980 4.551677233503476 1981 4.2506382959864855 1982 4.119716475267186 1983 4.389228648497689 1984 3.6287770142822176 1985 3.4342738328454936 1986 3.5826361454313194 1987 3.6393874972332902 1988 3.8472334166173607 1989 3.6724970150395055 1990 3.325872254687706 1991 2.991510188252663 1992 3.0583672461816653 1993 2.78124607227115 1994 3.1138792019992656 1995 2.964335460187299 1996 2.5996892157397573 1997 3.0684769596416093 1998 2.943398910340211 1999 2.823102159736244 2000 2.666669812177742 2001 2.634783022520566 2002 2.5602778581255823 2003 2.753165853513886 2004 2.480515745855958 2005 2.26096803903112 2006 2.318132336185497 2007 2.332384586555858 2008 1.9500075329506132 2009 2.127855517600354 2010 2.392023773554356 2011 2.4785580225149166 2012 2.2953770520758976 2013 2.5552044436562316 2014 2.7131452277261174 2015 2.8264532546104015 2016 2.6165960221816906 2017 2.607325823325583 2018 2.613382300065309 2019 2.477894268569764 2020 2.4244899531637425 2021 2.422607789502147 2022 2.097490917740197 2023 1.9249206525105378