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Company Level Imports

With Data for April 2024 Release Date: June 28, 2024 Next Release Date: July 31, 2024 XLSX
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April 2024 Import Highlights

Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in April 2024 show that one country, Canada, exported more than one million barrels per day to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 81% of United States crude oil imports in April while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 94% of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top five sources of U.S. crude oil imports for April were Canada (4.1 million b/d), Mexico (414,000 b/d), Saudi Arabia (342,000 b/d), Iraq (253,000 b/d), and Colombia (245,000 b/d). The remaining top ten sources, in order, were Venezuela (209,000 b/d), Nigeria (203,000 b/d), Brazil (186,000 b/d), Guyana (173,000 b/d), and Ecuador (100,000 b/d). Total crude oil imports averaged 6.6 million b/d in April, which was an increase of 382,000 b/d from imports during March 2024.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum to the United States in April; exporting 4.5 million
b/d. The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 645,000 b/d.

Crude oil imports (Top 15 countries)


(thousand barrels per day)
Country Apr-24 Mar-24 YTD 2024 Apr-23 YTD 2023
Canada 4,077 3,852 4,061 3,627 3,863
Mexico 414 409 469 606 707
Saudi Arabia 342 351 311 388 408
Iraq 253 164 180 193 241
Colombia 245 194 214 168 183
Venezuela 209 177 170 140 87
Nigeria 203 138 166 219 192
Brazil 186 209 201 127 128
Guyana 173 129 175 116 103
Ecuador 100 114 106 114 123
Angola 68 40 34 73 27
Argentina 54 22 54 32 44
Kazakhstan 54 40 47 49 29
Libya 51 134 79 87 65
United Kingdom 36 55 70 64 44

Total imports of petroleum (Top 15 countries)


(thousand barrels per day)
Country Apr-24 Mar-24 YTD 2024 Apr-23 YTD 2023
Canada 4,524 4,439 4,645 4,140 4,463
Mexico 645 587 659 813 899
Saudi Arabia 376 373 371 526 504
Iraq 350 228 240 365 383
Colombia 305 200 248 204 212
Nigeria 248 148 182 232 200
Brazil 232 256 258 155 164
Venezuela 213 180 174 140 87
Korea, South 199 175 149 144 128
Guyana 173 129 175 116 103
Netherlands 137 82 87 117 90
Ecuador 105 114 109 140 143
United Kingdom 86 109 123 107 98
Angola 85 50 43 73 32
Argentina 64 30 61 40 60


Note: The data in the tables above exclude oil imports into the U.S. territories.

Crude oil imports from Persian Gulf 2016 (discontinued)

Explanatory notes

Sources  - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) petroleum imports data are available at the company level. The data source is the Form EIA-814, "Monthly Imports Report."