Year % of merchandise imports 1963 2.7794829159761774 1964 2.946105297918587 1965 2.830512568764139 1966 3.542045283132527 1967 3.4195166162876607 1968 3.609475979346276 1969 3.255645987355852 1970 2.974895133892592 1971 2.4192730290732958 1972 2.226379287565844 1973 2.4093847144851073 1974 2.8529948959562046 1975 2.0570077873408152 1976 1.9592886820232862 1977 1.8284932818524662 1978 1.8245581901391295 1979 1.7482108259772755 1980 1.854350687346786 1981 1.5422712835649244 1982 1.6546617379820143 1983 2.1487161796349454 1984 2.654293682808881 1985 2.613745204993532 1986 2.390289927795334 1987 2.3534133750614354 1988 2.527290358159558 1989 2.39628459479215 1990 2.3862754778029784 1991 2.229586622508313 1992 1.9807644277313887 1993 2.0721578627869772 1994 2.164422461591378 1995 2.118072641375024 1996 1.784273824252394 1997 1.6693499760865407 1998 1.564073644258259 1999 1.2882443036604698 2000 1.1924014064045092 2001 1.3360911552782713 2002 1.3091013450665474 2003 1.4030122083399916 2004 1.4655775883800277 2005 1.4060211161317744 2006 1.6093062218957546 2007 1.6459450160818665 2008 1.5624620342716893 2009 1.2578905483704315 2010 1.4919086372255057 2011 1.5932875244030986 2012 1.3642354788848814 2013 1.5431963513044025 2014 1.4085346549397149 2015 1.3374710184880887 2016 1.2062409086403674 2017 1.2215822435049273 2018 1.0983443307671967 2019 1.1273706594068154 2020 1.0433591549623982 2021 1.1237054973949157 2022 1.2670718434463593 2023 1.2446399520312537