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September 2012  PDF | previous editions
Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 1.4 Primary Energy Trade by Source, 1949-2011 (Quadrillion Btu)
Table 1.4  Primary Energy Trade by Source, 1949-2011
                     (Quadrillion Btu)






Year
Imports
Exports		 Net
Imports 1



Coal

Coal
Coke

Natural
Gas		 Petroleum

Bio-
fuels 4

Elec-
tricity


Total


Coal

Coal
Coke

Natural
Gas		 Petroleum

Bio-
fuels 5

Elec-
tricity


Total


Total 
Crude
Oil 2		 Petroleum
Products 3
Total		 Crude
Oil 2		 Petroleum
Products 3
Total
1949 0.008 0.007 0.000 0.915 0.513 1.427 NA 0.006 1.448 0.877 0.014 0.021 0.192 0.488 0.680 NA 0.001 1.592 -0.144
1950 .009 .011 .000 1.056 .830 1.886 NA .007 1.913 .786 .010 .027 .202 .440 .642 NA .001 1.465 .448
1951 .008 .004 .000 1.063 .809 1.872 NA .008 1.892 1.683 .025 .025 .166 .722 .888 NA .001 2.622 -.729
1952 .007 .008 .008 1.245 .870 2.114 NA .009 2.146 1.403 .020 .028 .155 .758 .913 NA .001 2.365 -.219
1953 .006 .004 .010 1.401 .884 2.285 NA .008 2.313 .981 .013 .029 .116 .726 .842 NA .001 1.866 .447
1954 .005 .003 .007 1.420 .903 2.324 NA .009 2.348 .911 .010 .030 .079 .666 .745 NA .001 1.696 .652
1955 .008 .003 .011 1.691 1.061 2.752 NA .016 2.790 1.465 .013 .032 .067 .707 .774 NA .002 2.286 .504
1956 .009 .003 .011 2.022 1.144 3.166 NA .018 3.207 1.984 .016 .037 .166 .740 .906 NA .002 2.945 .261
1957 .009 .003 .039 2.209 1.252 3.461 NA .017 3.529 2.174 .020 .043 .291 .906 1.198 NA .004 3.439 .090
1958 .008 .003 .141 2.059 1.660 3.719 NA .014 3.884 1.416 .010 .040 .025 .556 .582 NA .003 2.050 1.835
1959 .009 .003 .139 2.084 1.826 3.910 NA .015 4.076 1.051 .011 .019 .015 .435 .449 NA .003 1.534 2.542
1960 .007 .003 .161 2.196 1.802 3.999 NA .018 4.188 1.023 .009 .012 .018 .413 .431 NA .003 1.477 2.710
1961 .004 .003 .227 2.251 1.941 4.192 NA .011 4.437 .981 .011 .011 .019 .352 .371 NA .003 1.377 3.060
1962 .006 .004 .416 2.421 2.141 4.562 NA .007 4.994 1.083 .009 .016 .010 .348 .359 NA .006 1.473 3.522
1963 .007 .004 .419 2.432 2.218 4.650 NA .007 5.087 1.356 .011 .017 .010 .433 .443 NA .007 1.835 3.251
1964 .007 .003 .458 2.580 2.379 4.959 NA .021 5.447 1.335 .013 .020 .008 .424 .432 NA .015 1.815 3.633
1965 .005 .002 .471 2.654 2.748 5.402 NA .012 5.892 1.376 .021 .027 .006 .386 .392 NA .013 1.829 4.063
1966 .004 .002 .496 2.621 3.007 5.629 NA .015 6.146 1.351 .027 .025 .009 .406 .415 NA .011 1.829 4.317
1967 .006 .002 .582 2.403 3.152 5.555 NA .014 6.159 1.352 .018 .084 .154 .492 .646 NA .015 2.115 4.044
1968 .006 .002 .672 2.756 3.456 6.213 NA .012 6.905 1.380 .020 .097 .010 .477 .487 NA .015 1.998 4.907
1969 .003 .004 .749 2.995 3.908 6.903 NA .017 7.676 1.534 .040 .053 .008 .477 .485 NA .013 2.126 5.551
1970 .001 .004 .846 2.814 4.656 7.470 NA .021 8.342 1.936 .061 .072 .029 .520 .549 NA .014 2.632 5.709
1971 .003 .004 .964 3.573 4.968 8.540 NA .024 9.535 1.546 .037 .083 .003 .470 .473 NA .012 2.151 7.384
1972 .001 .005 1.047 4.712 5.587 10.299 NA .036 11.387 1.531 .031 .080 .001 .466 .467 NA .010 2.118 9.269
1973 .003 .027 1.060 6.887 6.578 13.466 NA .057 14.613 1.425 .035 .079 .004 .482 .486 NA .009 2.033 12.580
1974 .052 .088 .985 7.395 5.731 13.127 NA .053 14.304 1.620 .032 .078 .006 .458 .465 NA .009 2.203 12.101
1975 .024 .045 .978 8.721 4.227 12.948 NA .038 14.032 1.761 .032 .074 .012 .427 .439 NA .017 2.323 11.709
1976 .030 .033 .988 11.239 4.434 15.672 NA .037 16.760 1.597 .033 .066 .017 .452 .469 NA .008 2.172 14.588
1977 .041 .045 1.037 14.027 4.728 18.756 NA .069 19.948 1.442 .031 .056 .106 .408 .514 NA .009 2.052 17.896
1978 .074 .142 .995 13.460 4.364 17.824 NA .072 19.106 1.078 .017 .053 .335 .432 .767 NA .005 1.920 17.186
1979 .051 .099 1.300 13.825 4.108 17.933 NA .077 19.460 1.753 .036 .056 .497 .505 1.002 NA .007 2.855 16.605
1980 .030 .016 1.006 11.195 3.463 14.658 NA .085 15.796 2.421 .051 .049 .609 .551 1.160 NA .014 3.695 12.101
1981 .026 .013 .917 9.336 3.303 12.639 NA .124 13.719 2.944 .029 .060 .482 .781 1.264 NA .010 4.307 9.412
1982 .019 .003 .950 7.418 3.360 10.777 NA .112 11.861 2.787 .025 .052 .500 1.231 1.732 NA .012 4.608 7.253
1983 .032 .001 .940 7.079 3.568 10.647 NA .132 11.752 2.045 .016 .055 .348 1.217 1.565 NA .011 3.693 8.059
1984 .032 .014 .847 7.302 4.131 11.433 NA .144 12.471 2.151 .026 .055 .384 1.161 1.545 NA .009 3.786 8.685
1985 .049 .014 .952 6.814 3.796 10.609 NA .157 11.781 2.438 .028 .056 .432 1.225 1.657 NA .017 4.196 7.584
1986 .055 .008 .748 9.002 4.199 13.201 NA .139 14.151 2.248 .025 .062 .326 1.344 1.670 NA .016 4.021 10.130
1987 .044 .023 .992 10.067 4.095 14.162 NA .178 15.398 2.093 .014 .055 .319 1.311 1.630 NA .020 3.812 11.586
1988 .053 .067 1.296 11.027 4.720 15.747 NA .133 17.296 2.499 .027 .075 .329 1.412 1.741 NA .024 4.366 12.929
1989 .071 .057 1.387 12.596 4.565 17.162 NA .089 18.766 2.637 .027 .109 .300 1.536 1.836 NA .052 4.661 14.105
1990 .067 .019 1.551 12.766 4.351 17.117 NA .063 18.817 2.772 .014 .087 .230 1.594 1.824 NA .055 4.752 14.065
1991 .085 .029 1.798 12.553 3.794 16.348 NA .075 18.335 2.854 .020 .132 .246 1.882 2.128 NA .008 5.141 13.194
1992 .095 .052 2.161 13.253 3.714 16.968 NA .096 19.372 2.682 .017 .220 .188 1.819 2.008 NA .010 4.937 14.435
1993 .205 .053 2.397 14.749 3.760 18.510 .001 .107 21.273 1.962 .026 .142 .208 1.907 2.115 NA .012 4.258 17.014
1994 .222 .083 2.682 15.340 3.904 19.243 .001 .160 22.390 1.879 .024 .164 .209 1.779 1.988 NA .007 4.061 18.329
1995 .237 .095 2.901 15.669 3.211 18.881 .001 .146 22.260 2.318 .034 .156 .200 1.791 1.991 NA .012 4.511 17.750
1996 .203 .063 3.002 16.341 3.943 20.284 .001 .148 23.702 2.368 .040 .155 .233 1.825 2.059 NA .011 4.633 19.069
1997 .187 .078 3.063 17.876 3.864 21.740 (s) .147 25.215 2.193 .031 .159 .228 1.872 2.100 NA .031 4.514 20.701
1998 .218 .095 3.225 18.916 3.992 22.908 (s) .135 26.581 2.092 .028 .161 .233 1.740 1.972 NA .047 4.299 22.281
1999 .227 .080 3.664 18.935 4.198 23.133 (s) .147 27.252 1.525 .022 .164 .250 1.705 1.955 NA .049 3.715 23.537
2000 .313 .094 3.869 19.783 4.749 24.531 (s) .166 28.973 1.528 .028 .245 .106 2.048 2.154 NA .051 4.006 24.967
2001 .495 .063 4.068 20.348 5.051 25.398 .002 .131 30.157 1.265 .033 .377 .043 1.996 2.039 (s) .056 3.771 26.386
2002 .422 .080 4.104 19.920 4.754 24.674 .002 .125 29.408 1.032 .020 .520 .019 2.023 2.042 (s) .054 3.669 25.739
2003 .626 .068 4.042 21.060 5.159 26.219 .002 .104 31.061 1.117 .018 .686 .026 2.124 2.151 .001 .082 4.054 27.007
2004 .682 .170 4.365 22.082 6.114 28.197 .013 .117 33.544 1.253 .033 .862 .057 2.151 2.208 .001 .078 4.434 29.110
2005 .762 .088 4.450 22.091 7.157 29.248 .012 .150 34.709 1.273 .043 .735 .067 2.374 2.442 .001 .065 4.560 30.149
2006 .906 .101 4.291 22.085 7.084 29.169 .066 .146 34.679 1.264 .040 .730 .052 2.699 2.751 .004 .083 4.872 29.806
2007 .909 .061 4.723 21.914 6.868 28.781 .054 .175 34.703 1.507 .036 .830 .058 2.949 3.007 .035 .069 5.482 29.221
2008 .855 .089 4.084 21.448 6.237 27.685 .084 .195 32.992 2.071 .049 .972 .061 3.739 3.800 .086 .083 7.060 25.932
2009 .566 .009 3.845 19.699 5.383 25.082 .026 .178 29.706 1.515 .032 1.082 .093 4.147 4.240 .034 .062 6.965 22.741
2010 .484 .030 R 3.834 R 20.140 R 5.231 R 25.371 .004 .154 R 29.877 2.101 .036 1.147 .088 R 4.750 R 4.838 R .046 R .065 R 8.234 R 21.643
2011P .327 .035 3.540 19.561 4.930 24.491 .016 .178 28.587 2.751 .024 1.521 .100 5.801 5.901 .108 .051 10.356 18.232
1Net imports equal imports minus exports.  Minus sign indicates exports are greater than imports. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  (s)=Less than 0.0005 quadrillion Btu.  
2Crude oil and lease condensate.  Imports data include imports into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which
began in 1977.		 Notes:  ·  Includes trade between the United States (50 States and the District of Columbia) and its territories
and possessions.  ·  See "Primary Energy" in Glossary.  ·  See Note 3, "Electricity Imports and Exports," at end
of Section 8.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
3Petroleum products, unfinished oils, pentanes plus, and gasoline blending components.  Does not include
biofuels.		 Web Page:    See http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/ for updated monthly and annual
data.
4Fuel ethanol (minus denaturant) and biodiesel. Sources:  Tables 5.1b, 5.3, 5.5, 6.1, 7.1, 7.8, 8.1, 10.3, 10.4, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6.
5Biodiesel only.  
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