Year % of merchandise imports 1962 5.424428835293841 1963 5.6065074918884985 1964 5.643386726786144 1965 6.255622891131462 1966 4.607507597815593 1967 7.196338186344598 1968 6.071873218848341 1969 6.007690721771703 1970 8.698857821239834 1971 7.888484609003191 1972 7.392944675291918 1973 6.630431178224195 1974 6.26638678318275 1975 4.817620669118782 1976 4.712390974555444 1977 4.982877553615703 1978 5.2047528057104895 1979 5.78328020387745 1980 5.167655335058044 1981 5.427258105598657 1983 4.974925132065948 1984 5.19582908651934 1985 6.017499736009073 1986 6.090625899947766 1987 6.146441732635507 1988 7.673366478174729 1989 8.37472471601781 1990 7.060687028882462 1991 5.646722789721419 1992 5.863999395086842 1993 4.641888049185589 1994 7.092806982824476 1995 6.0416198525528815 1996 5.933185114454951 1997 5.383257304039997 1998 4.906501851627854 1999 4.512995617102253 2000 4.002611407440561 2001 4.589384187701922 2002 3.959780160010113 2003 3.6133964338940494 2004 3.935152619776628 2005 4.465930739952542 2006 5.345497447624388 2007 5.611894224609731 2008 4.908932598104478 2009 4.499066588820554 2010 4.20956540480759 2011 4.750221534671942 2012 4.4224212317183165 2013 5.083914351276481 2014 5.467977194701308 2015 5.638042580316612 2016 4.856327711441768 2017 5.232291456240284 2018 5.685552849396055 2019 4.873866247448918 2020 5.017618742250483 2021 5.166749912588688 2022 5.545959943636294 2023 5.606239910610569