Year % of merchandise imports 1996 3.629785863641787 1997 3.5061931196652476 1998 3.6100998515301956 1999 3.4501594252793546 2000 4.051959147536387 2001 3.546830835058702 2002 3.454591932768066 2003 3.534677313799887 2004 3.9076730632430117 2005 3.8093869247511263 2006 4.281988290498873 2007 4.4299471154504815 2008 4.423236969198212 2009 3.5527780962278253 2010 4.0785473119812945 2011 4.2348937400067115 2012 4.2882525616279565 2013 3.8982687040050497 2014 3.982593660352963 2015 3.933933943334231 2016 3.6650885189997404 2017 4.104842731578535 2018 4.460710287240861 2019 4.297775360250543 2020 4.33999883142733 2021 5.29370751615 2022 5.217355552366653 2023 4.407739236793008