Year % of merchandise imports 1974 5.268751544336111 1975 5.047524695903737 1976 7.199873805061035 1977 5.772016410747887 1978 5.650857559091422 1979 6.709453338953756 1996 10.499326036259774 1997 11.497919839679968 1998 10.405716891703433 1999 10.43373516948835 2000 14.289765672310038 2001 13.358474879839687 2002 11.188193333326186 2003 13.156889992034298 2004 13.868077608881702 2005 15.474549946758131 2006 16.373786934194925 2007 14.282772599991633 2008 17.668156170895504 2009 14.279623881409147 2010 15.018415204328432 2011 16.888343166256746 2012 16.48636576598102 2013 19.19036039488321 2014 18.941133532838773 2015 15.954542069629136 2016 14.881354595242605 2017 15.560976918439199 2018 18.089814345050783 2019 16.370798322240432 2020 13.854179645004606 2021 17.36236277830007 2022 24.211758416602486