Year % of merchandise imports 1976 3.563814237756829 1977 2.1020422377341665 1978 1.6479233358035001 1979 1.8506079344676098 1980 1.7088163199657398 1981 1.4193472090310273 1982 1.5320070818968283 1983 1.2920052834005304 1984 1.4265766939016051 1985 1.4488803505992844 1986 1.7688128967357886 1987 1.4662216921905953 1988 1.5240285923025916 1989 1.0831183139815916 1990 0.9342250129679153 1991 1.066747448651062 1992 1.1523786170418406 1993 1.054595520514078 1994 1.151356215425597 1995 1.2229502012531128 1996 1.1455866398829369 1997 0.8968492792215246 1998 1.026153200379922 1999 1.252501435483491 2000 0.8358397793136482 2001 0.9438037531562098 2002 1.1867429146431452 2003 1.7043201993854162 2004 1.7492403633348192 2005 1.231404571619511 2006 0.7147215583775142 2007 0.8967526583681664 2008 0.7960808133185766 2009 0.750507823925305 2010 0.6597848680409806 2011 0.6137500279886418 2012 0.8005680560292253 2013 0.5944257669425344 2014 0.5506254405189464 2015 0.564235077864038 2016 0.5607118891664158 2017 0.5713487545688071 2018 0.4741584846398065