February 2013 Import Highlights

Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in February 2013 has been released and it shows that two countries exported more than 1 million barrels per day to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 80 percent of United States crude oil imports in February while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 96 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top five sources of US crude oil imports for February were Canada (2,815 thousand barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1,028 thousand barrels per day), Mexico (869 thousand barrels per day), Venezuela (579 thousand barrels per day) and Iraq (529 thousand barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Columbia (360 thousand barrels per day), Kuwait (255 thousand barrels per day), Nigeria (194 thousand barrels per day), Angola (188 thousand barrels per day) and Ecuador (174 thousand barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 7,270 thousand barrels per day in February, which is a decrease of 683 thousand barrels per day from January 2013.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in February; exporting 3,416 thousand barrels per day to the United States. The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Saudi Arabia with 1,032 thousand barrels per day.

Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries) (thousand barrels per day)
Country	Feb-13	Jan-13	YTD 2013	Feb-12	YTD 2012
CANADA	2,815	2,697	2,753	2,517	2,487
SAUDI ARABIA	1,028	967	996	1,407	1,415
MEXICO	869	1,004	940	1,009	1,002
VENEZUELA	579	871	732	890	783
IRAQ	529	419	471	271	333
COLOMBIA	360	323	341	445	423
KUWAIT	255	389	326	252	303
NIGERIA	194	440	323	352	402
ANGOLA	188	198	193	223	288
ECUADOR	174	240	209	238	166
BRAZIL	69	73	71	281	295
RUSSIA	58	33	45	32	81
AZERBAIJAN	37	33	35	36	18
ARGENTINA	36	13	24	34	37
CHAD	21	62	42	33	32

Total Imports of Petroleum (Top 15 Countries) (thousand barrels per day)
Country	Feb-13	Jan-13	YTD 2013	Feb-12	YTD 2012
CANADA	3,416	3,433	3,425	3,048	3,027
SAUDI ARABIA	1,032	979	1,004	1,420	1,421
MEXICO	978	1,068	1,025	1,081	1,098
VENEZUELA	601	898	757	931	838
IRAQ	529	419	471	271	333
RUSSIA	454	327	387	288	435
COLOMBIA	366	351	358	472	451
KUWAIT	255	389	326	252	303
NIGERIA	255	479	372	353	431
ANGOLA	198	223	211	230	302
ECUADOR	174	240	209	244	170
NETHERLANDS	120	120	120	92	97
UNITED KINGDOM	95	116	106	127	148
BRAZIL	79	106	93	286	304
KOREA, SOUTH	54	33	43	22	18

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