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Company Level Imports

With Data for December 2023 Release Date: February 29, 2024 Next Release Date: March 29, 2024 XLSX

December 2023 Import Highlights

Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in December 2023 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 83% of United States crude oil imports in December while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 93% of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top five sources of U.S. crude oil imports for December were Canada (3.9 million b/d), Mexico (755,000 b/d), Brazil (277,000 b/d), Saudi Arabia (245,000 b/d), and Colombia (164,000 b/d). The remaining top ten sources, in order, were Venezuela (161,000 b/d), Guyana (147,000 b/d), Iraq (144,000 b/d), Libya (113,000 b/d), and Ecuador (103,000 b/d). Total crude oil imports averaged 6.4 million b/d in December, which was a decrease of 518,000 b/d from imports during November 2023.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum to the United States in December; exporting 4.5 million b/d. The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 921,000 b/d.

A small amount of Russian crude oil entered the United States in November 2023 from the Bahamas. The oil originated in Russia and was exported to the Bahamas prior to the signing of Executive Order 14066 on March 8, 2022.

Crude oil imports (Top 15 countries)


(thousand barrels per day)
Country Dec-23 Nov-23 YTD 2023 Dec-22 YTD 2022
Canada 3,854 4,356 3,874 3,533 3,798
Mexico 755 729 733 576 637
Brazil 277 248 185 148 145
Saudi Arabia 245 251 349 500 456
Colombia 164 259 202 215 223
Venezuela 161 147 133 - -
Guyana 147 141 98 100 77
Iraq 144 137 213 276 244
Libya 113 95 80 93 79
Ecuador 103 100 128 140 142
Nigeria 102 151 153 134 94
Ghana 72 22 38 47 56
Argentina 71 84 53 60 62
Trinidad And Tobago 47 34 37 63 44
United Arab Emirates 39 17 17 - 12

Total imports of petroleum (Top 15 countries)


(thousand barrels per day)
Country Dec-23 Nov-23 YTD 2023 Dec-22 YTD 2022
Canada 4,471 4,820 4,423 4,160 4,365
Mexico 921 870 910 762 808
Brazil 398 346 257 189 193
Saudi Arabia 352 318 439 605 559
Iraq 223 178 316 326 311
Colombia 196 289 228 218 242
Venezuela 164 147 134 - -
Guyana 147 141 98 100 77
India 133 57 108 71 68
Nigeria 119 160 160 134 105
Bahamas, The 115 51 35 119 32
Libya 113 95 80 93 79
Korea, South 106 114 125 117 121
Ecuador 103 117 140 178 169
Kuwait 100 37 46 61 42


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."