Year % of merchandise imports 1966 3.1255751410202564 1968 3.2863093934429037 1969 3.2274842599738354 1970 3.849312076389727 1971 3.9878290632868594 1973 3.1389705167322766 1974 4.309295040882179 1975 2.077152323106887 1976 1.9612464910935552 1977 2.658423384393796 1978 1.953384472796393 1979 2.2212786809670146 1980 3.1534922043939253 1981 2.9010405831082267 1982 3.0319835369432413 1983 3.7404400287539987 1984 3.924000058879362 1985 3.601915374630365 1986 3.3529848397022306 1987 3.6615940118322183 1992 2.9080507427140283 1993 3.6995708892377874 1994 3.337241838505959 1995 3.1768984572973884 1996 2.9801487252378016 1997 3.1237174789397955 1998 2.625143230275482 1999 2.589094963646848 2000 2.5942184177107164 2001 2.357637393367119 2002 2.115771111695103 2003 2.4123139262873607 2004 1.9099491566490132 2005 1.6979179039009356 2006 2.0808464935386386 2007 2.2793887813100744 2008 1.6233990553386342 2009 1.4783554987368168 2010 1.6267658031803534 2011 1.538686354230861 2012 1.5019833239957396 2013 1.4614735705580522 2014 1.582524727988923 2015 1.4575590504297995 2016 1.4219076620052868 2017 1.0641793864641997