Year % of merchandise imports 1977 39.01508959583145 1978 44.19586954178737 1979 49.51913198646134 1980 37.581603727140845 1981 35.10303757394432 1982 27.17398809582524 1985 29.871304097486806 1997 33.754448424994024 1998 27.833815630330587 1999 31.590230873499298 2001 24.071698092778764 2002 24.87971697288768 2004 29.818445218774052 2005 30.695509201727404 2006 25.224745593629816 2008 21.531196914947458