Year % of merchandise imports 1966 1.2198866308577887 1968 1.383876059015407 1969 1.6855096282319488 1970 1.9181040874048032 1971 1.7670907864235097 1973 1.7271446886868274 1974 1.6553764896357404 1975 1.662018924204815 1976 1.216111861489193 1977 1.4465827723163407 1978 1.2782085671771244 1979 1.5925078093456926 1980 1.7160742891096852 1981 1.7079432829673193 1982 1.170500005893969 1983 1.4438047241330216 1984 1.5900181470596186 1985 2.0580044723683857 1986 2.204796749137226 1987 2.905523987592712 1992 2.190147105291296 1993 1.7468792279838146 1994 1.4593242063170326 1995 1.5708588283107319 1996 1.345436258980219 1997 1.0994655620681428 1998 1.3499433258770137 1999 1.22034728277025 2000 1.199678666260415 2001 1.3794153125146384 2002 1.306027067370366 2003 1.1795483311234172 2004 1.3192695625291664 2005 1.525532457174819 2006 1.7823070815581623 2007 1.8569819176533935 2008 1.597808035062253 2009 1.3773437004943003 2010 1.5260711113720233 2011 1.651939703271737 2012 1.5660377678249005 2013 1.5303362247271162 2014 1.4192045156963033 2015 1.5351358816065837 2016 1.6128404923512252 2017 1.474719910118849