Year % of merchandise imports 1976 65.4482284014076 1977 63.42236950544954 1978 67.18784497488647 1979 63.783473693745115 1980 59.653986589677345 1981 57.748836802586034 1982 57.24814051099403 1983 66.15337472836286 1984 69.42166704042512 1985 66.14817759196914 1986 72.15949814625311 1987 79.16071396952314 1988 74.08475264919183 1989 64.42663122634282 1990 54.09434100892714 1991 48.233085048918696 1992 54.751872114607266 1993 52.79470537686446 1994 56.10335807545037 1996 57.85614467636259 1997 58.55233381241982 1998 60.66615706290263 1999 65.99017775186593 2000 65.4971893637804 2001 62.49401294162319 2002 64.14382235994731 2003 70.62427987424174 2004 61.28097115274041 2005 65.60699116540361 2006 62.00157260638688 2007 66.42084753469291 2008 59.30786479376027 2009 62.31002366734417