Year % of merchandise imports 1970 36.36428996933822 1971 33.99351638397888 1972 30.271770626296952 1973 27.45337950348311 1974 33.546733615032295 1975 26.710441560358156 1976 24.227432918276605 1977 23.73191922723705 1978 26.45410538610574 1988 10.224737890428676 1989 12.484175709377896 1990 12.394857366361139 1991 12.343849404382293 1992 13.099109452816505 1993 13.867162801118754 1994 14.16577033522588 1995 16.616728832618254 1996 16.20973844065596 1997 14.89201763387335 1998 15.730263937006308 1999 13.767275820242563 2000 14.231518539283059 2001 15.744691031117233 2002 18.941709598647073 2003 17.44727898011631 2004 17.504483666999 2005 16.66291536568517 2006 16.454032042903087 2007 18.808652368050822 2008 20.859107133670733 2009 21.551856457486295 2010 20.982011702924982 2011 21.248936810000213 2012 21.483112985413495 2013 22.04911890982119 2014 21.198384311066935 2015 21.961738245963165 2016 24.165030353841523 2017 23.98657242199398 2018 21.004112664222895 2019 20.760228668455806 2020 24.747136305123 2021 21.615157957922758 2022 21.36101776150098 2023 22.50776350536411