Year % of merchandise imports 1962 3.3400868648437045 1963 3.283213465396547 1964 3.2174781454617003 1965 3.6510271831142367 1966 4.232775564411073 1967 4.245929169910558 1968 3.9387179039540934 1969 3.612771491004122 1970 3.8041503361851428 1971 2.9005822183212913 1972 2.9915039935911563 1973 2.756885416132992 1974 3.4216921075418982 1975 3.636751900825985 1976 3.127766706006426 1977 3.277805760386608 1978 4.012153670365879 1979 3.9493688279049386 1980 3.5890575310447925 1981 3.3581321865932394 1982 2.651439064084803 1983 2.4070700575612762 1984 2.731063685967741 1985 3.034848316606016 1986 2.5515085220602245 1987 2.4113425494387175 1988 2.54331097396551 1989 2.6952279506434023 1990 2.598011160844201 1991 2.2647507651667906 1992 2.0278687568427154 1993 1.8728106257677752 1994 1.918856127709578 1995 2.220570279080083 1996 1.893134352278568 1997 2.0625201089835907 1998 2.1374663097990756 1999 1.8911922973919575 2000 1.8488684356543434 2001 1.7248807941768085 2002 1.5221695803866282 2003 1.8282193841045808 2004 1.8153032701043736 2005 1.9315536497651133 2006 2.1649022547475516 2007 2.1346719468611624 2008 2.277212776458862 2009 1.420771322189999 2010 1.6660113625908781 2011 1.6236614193013488 2012 1.427511021434488 2013 1.4451457491047088 2014 1.4573054886800794 2015 1.5574745470226843 2016 1.3427429178316457 2017 1.4436676695414097 2018 1.4320007113747224 2019 1.3136522978971177 2020 1.441765759905156 2021 1.556320266229733 2022 1.5406246375551924 2023 1.373916554142321