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Company Level Imports

With Data for August 2024 Release Date: October 31, 2024 Next Release Date: November 29, 2024 XLSX

August 2024 Import Highlights

Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in August 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 80% of United States crude oil imports in August while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 92% of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top five sources of U.S. crude oil imports for August were Canada (3.8 million b/d), Mexico (456,000 b/d), Venezuela (261,000 b/d), Brazil (259,000 b/d), and Saudi Arabia (235,000 b/d). The remaining top ten sources, in order, were Iraq (200,000 b/d), Colombia (175,000 b/d), Nigeria (147,000 b/d), Guyana (145,000 b/d), and Ecuador (114,000 b/d). Total crude oil imports averaged 6.3 million b/d in August, which was a decrease of 797,000 b/d from imports during July 2024.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum to the United States in August; exporting 4.4 million b/d. The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 572,000 b/d.

Crude oil imports (Top 15 countries)


(thousand barrels per day)
Country Aug-24 Jul-24 YTD 2024 Aug-23 YTD 2023
Canada 3,818 4,373 4,078 4,033 3,857
Mexico 456 413 477 727 730
Venezuela 261 308 213 145 118
Brazil 259 254 219 192 153
Saudi Arabia 235 280 299 396 388
Iraq 200 202 193 252 224
Colombia 175 209 208 267 203
Nigeria 147 207 158 192 179
Guyana 145 258 200 104 91
Ecuador 114 169 131 231 147
Angola 110 38 43 51 36
Libya 92 92 84 92 70
Argentina 85 74 67 62 46
Kuwait 43 23 21 60 23
Trinidad And Tobago 39 57 40 49 35

Total imports of petroleum (Top 15 countries)


(thousand barrels per day)
Country Aug-24 Jul-24 YTD 2024 Aug-23 YTD 2023
Canada 4,397 4,913 4,635 4,588 4,427
Mexico 572 517 641 867 919
Brazil 346 299 290 273 205
Saudi Arabia 333 321 368 458 478
Venezuela 263 311 217 145 118
Iraq 258 286 258 320 346
Colombia 216 289 248 291 226
Nigeria 153 219 177 202 185
Guyana 145 258 200 104 91
Korea, South 139 111 156 99 128
Ecuador 125 169 134 231 160
Angola 121 49 51 61 42
Netherlands 110 164 108 114 105
United Kingdom 108 100 121 48 94
Argentina 97 79 75 73 59


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

Data source: 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."