Year % of merchandise imports 1962 49.559171446520885 1963 47.70083598069362 1964 48.783393863190824 1965 49.96716438759727 1966 52.23466028186057 1967 53.71620562799351 1968 55.87352206117765 1969 57.55931226201981 1970 58.13224380832004 1971 60.036029965086776 1972 60.256387247185394 1973 58.761367858868745 1974 52.14761855129403 1975 53.01342203373575 1976 54.22145107335234 1977 54.85485377177366 1978 58.178145814353776 1979 56.07190971728837 1980 52.8755962186786 1981 53.459579824391035 1982 55.549101655948775 1983 57.248836190448934 1984 59.22712449249309 1985 61.614278101837336 1986 68.28808352173688 1987 69.36541186788061 1989 70.55369778864643 1990 70.36141114993953 1991 71.59829032852758 1992 72.14823854761926 1993 72.35407856774714 1994 73.42051209150709 1995 74.42212371413616 1996 74.22714655686529 1997 74.59420817235758 1998 76.77928193218291 1999 77.07738625108026 2000 73.60786220344727 2001 74.12902764225714 2002 74.77115760556744 2003 73.95026497536192 2004 73.09702332967609 2005 71.26483458166382 2006 69.46685576732261 2007 68.87109430331155 2008 65.58167118612772 2009 67.79372261239405 2010 67.7408558746352 2011 65.61954263428765 2012 64.59191750656353 2013 65.74317328114395 2014 67.87837213449889 2015 72.38102616664747 2016 73.65373148869195 2017 72.71698958864525 2018 71.43618970689441 2019 72.00925342671624 2020 73.32031338316933 2021 70.97412185197086 2022 67.02762548299087 2023 70.24171464613309