August 2009 Import Highlights:  October 29, 2009
Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in August 2009 has been released and it shows that three countries exported more than 1.00 million barrels per day to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 64 percent of United States crude oil imports in August while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 84 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top sources of US crude oil imports for August were Canada (2.007 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.057 million barrels per day), Venezuela (1.007 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.877 million barrels per day), and Saudi Arabia (0.745 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Iraq (0.500 million barrels per day), Algeria (0.404) million barrels per day), Angola (0.352 million barrels per day), Brazil (0.269 million barrels per day), and Columbia (0.260 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 8.883 million barrels per day in August, which is a decrease of (0.344) million barrels per day from July 2009.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in August, exporting 2.524 million barrels per day to the United States, which is a decrease from last month (2.639 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1.159 million barrels per day.

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