Year % of total merchandise imports 1970 5.216087493385077 1971 4.595560919157214 1972 5.1468857358274285 1973 4.6356499797881225 1974 4.511967022432859 1975 5.605219229993894 1976 5.358103957692658 1977 5.888745409520271 1978 7.25340294611225 1979 9.92023732343176 1980 12.014366871017582 1981 8.65015884354381 1982 9.78770532647107 1983 10.444124440631633 1984 9.006437625336442 1985 9.474828207973788 1986 11.373150912353225 1987 11.069576646948068 1988 10.570963681842944 1989 10.710736451344609 1990 8.229286548168366 1991 6.429676912391429 1992 21.379724444072075 1993 17.001262985581533 1994 17.700242476505743 1995 16.627799999049905 1996 16.362061890559207 1997 15.532314804771785 1998 13.873262007298964 1999 14.633245583431181 2000 18.387932247695712 2001 19.057596389836604 2002 18.913046137143333 2003 19.52800173196673 2004 16.9388812629134 2005 17.961272144596848 2006 19.568182241176007 2007 19.004152445182765 2008 20.311046673765944 2009 19.467902023831787 2010 20.82110474069414 2011 22.963161696361617 2012 24.951843400412617 2013 23.133187252064623 2014 23.112465843457567 2015 21.90602562642195 2016 20.55612066544031 2017 21.27618795100337 2018 22.725068873322698 2019 22.70159868253406 2020 22.923674735299034