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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 3.8 Value of Fossil Fuel Exports, 1949-2011 (Billion Dollars)
Table 3.8  Value of Fossil Fuel Exports, 1949-2011
                     (Billion Dollars)


Year		 Coal Coal Coke Natural Gas Crude Oil Petroleum Products 1 Total
Nominal 2 Real 3 Nominal 2 Real 3 Nominal 2 Real 3 Nominal 2 Real 3 Nominal 2 Real 3 Nominal 2 Real 3
1949 0.30 2.05 0.01 0.06 (s) 0.01 0.10 0.68 0.46 R 3.18 0.87 R 5.98
1950 .27 1.84 .01 .04 (s) .02 .10 .70 .39 2.69 .78 R 5.29
1951 .59 3.73 .02 .11 (s) .02 .08 .52 .70 4.45 1.39 R 8.83
1952 .49 3.09 .01 .09 (s) .03 .08 .49 .74 4.63 1.33 R 8.32
1953 .34 2.07 .01 .06 (s) .03 .06 .37 .63 3.89 1.04 6.42
1954 .30 R 1.86 .01 .04 (s) .02 .05 .28 .61 3.73 .97 R 5.93
1955 .48 2.92 .01 .05 .01 .04 .04 .23 .60 3.61 1.14 R 6.85
1956 .73 R 4.26 .01 .07 .01 .05 .09 .53 .67 R 3.88 1.51 R 8.79
1957 .83 4.67 .01 .08 .01 .07 .17 .98 .81 R 4.55 1.84 R 10.35
1958 .53 2.90 .01 .04 .01 .08 .01 .08 .51 2.82 1.07 5.92
1959 .38 2.06 .01 .05 .01 .03 .01 .04 .45 2.46 .85 4.64
1960 .35 1.90 .01 .04 (s) .02 .01 .04 .47 2.51 .84 4.51
1961 .34 R 1.81 .01 .04 (s) .02 .01 .05 .57 3.04 .93 R 4.96
1962 .38 1.98 .01 .04 (s) .02 .01 .03 .43 2.27 .83 R 4.33
1963 .47 2.46 .01 .04 (s) .02 (s) .02 .43 2.22 .92 4.77
1964 .46 2.37 .01 .05 (s) .02 (s) .02 .43 2.20 .91 R 4.65
1965 .48 2.39 .02 .08 .01 .04 (s) .02 .44 2.21 .95 4.74
1966 .47 2.28 .02 .11 .02 .09 .01 .05 .46 2.22 .97 4.76
1967 .48 2.28 .02 .08 .03 .15 .09 .44 .48 2.27 1.10 R 5.21
1968 .50 2.28 .02 .08 .04 .18 .01 .05 .48 R 2.18 1.05 4.78
1969 .59 2.57 .04 .17 .03 .11 .01 .03 .46 2.00 1.13 R 4.87
1970 .96 3.95 .08 .32 .03 .12 .02 .08 .50 2.06 1.59 R 6.53
1971 .90 3.53 .04 .18 .04 .15 .01 .02 .50 1.97 1.49 R 5.84
1972 .98 3.69 .03 .12 .04 .15 (s) .01 .49 R 1.83 1.55 5.80
1973 1.01 R 3.60 .03 .12 .04 .15 (s) .01 .57 R 2.03 1.66 R 5.91
1974 2.44 R 7.94 .04 .14 .05 .18 .01 .04 .87 R 2.84 3.42 R 11.15
1975 3.26 R 9.70 .07 .22 .09 .27 (s) (s) 1.01 3.00 4.43 R 13.19
1976 2.91 R 8.19 .07 .19 .10 .28 .03 .08 1.07 3.01 4.17 R 11.75
1977 2.66 7.03 .07 .19 .11 .28 .21 .55 1.14 3.01 4.18 R 11.07
1978 2.05 5.07 .05 .12 .11 .28 .39 .96 1.23 3.05 3.83 R 9.48
1979 3.40 7.76 .08 .18 .13 .29 .39 .90 1.58 3.62 5.58 R 12.75
1980 4.63 R 9.68 .13 .27 .23 .48 .75 1.57 2.12 4.44 7.86 R 16.44
1981 5.92 R 11.32 .07 .14 .35 .67 .58 1.10 3.24 R 6.19 10.16 R 19.43
1982 5.99 R 10.80 .06 .11 .30 .54 .47 .85 5.86 R 10.57 12.68 R 22.87
1983 4.06 7.04 .05 .08 .28 .48 .22 .39 4.88 R 8.46 9.48 R 16.45
1984 4.13 6.91 .07 .12 .27 .45 .19 .31 4.62 7.72 9.27 R 15.50
1985 4.47 7.25 .08 .12 .26 .43 .23 .37 4.90 R 7.94 9.93 R 16.11
1986 3.93 6.24 .07 .10 .17 .27 .12 .19 3.77 5.98 8.05 R 12.78
1987 3.40 R 5.25 .05 .07 .17 .26 .13 .19 3.80 5.86 7.54 R 11.63
1988 4.01 5.99 .08 .12 .20 .30 .08 .12 2.72 R 4.06 7.09 R 10.58
1989 4.29 R 6.16 .08 .12 .27 .39 .21 .30 2.65 R 3.81 7.49 R 10.77
1990 4.51 R 6.24 .05 .07 .27 .37 .14 .19 4.23 5.86 9.20 R 12.73
1991 4.62 R 6.17 .05 .07 .33 .45 .03 .04 4.65 6.22 9.69 R 12.95
1992 4.24 R 5.53 .04 .06 .49 .64 .03 .04 4.27 R 5.57 9.07 R 11.84
1993 3.09 R 3.94 .06 .08 .36 .46 .02 .03 4.15 5.30 7.68 9.81
1994 2.85 R 3.56 .04 .05 .40 .51 .05 .06 3.36 4.21 R 6.70 R 8.39
1995 3.57 4.37 .05 .06 .37 .45 .01 .01 3.56 R 4.36 7.55 R 9.25
1996 3.69 R 4.43 .06 .07 .46 .55 .56 .67 4.25 5.12 9.02 R 10.84
1997 3.39 R 4.00 .05 .06 .47 .56 1.04 1.23 4 7.55 4,R 8.92 12.51 R 14.78
1998 3.04 3.55 .04 .05 .39 .46 .90 1.05 5.68 6.64 10.04 R 11.74
1999 2.13 2.46 .03 .03 .43 .49 .77 .89 6.35 7.31 9.71 R 11.18
2000 2.04 2.30 .05 .06 1.00 1.13 .46 .52 9.73 10.97 13.28 R 14.97
2001 1.80 1.98 .11 .12 1.56 R 1.72 .19 .21 8.68 R 9.57 12.34 R 13.60
2002 1.60 1.74 .06 .07 1.76 1.91 .09 .10 8.65 R 9.38 12.17 R 13.20
2003 1.55 1.64 .07 .07 3.77 4.00 .16 .17 10.05 10.68 15.59 R 16.56
2004 2.60 2.68 .11 .11 5.20 R 5.37 .28 .29 12.85 13.28 21.04 R 21.73
2005 3.35 3.35 .15 .15 5.53 5.53 .60 .60 18.56 18.56 28.18 28.18
2006 3.52 3.41 .13 .12 4.94 4.79 .85 .83 27.32 26.46 36.77 35.61
2007 4.16 3.91 .13 .12 5.69 R 5.36 1.02 R .96 32.28 R 30.39 43.27 R 40.74
2008 7.96 7.33 .21 .19 8.26 7.61 2.27 2.09 59.43 R 54.73 78.13 R 71.96
2009 5.99 R 5.46 .14 .12 4.79 4.37 1.62 R 1.47 42.89 R 39.09 55.43 R 50.52
2010 9.84 R 8.86 .24 .22 R 5.71 R 5.14 R 1.37 R 1.23 R 63.41 R 57.13 R 80.57 72.59
2011 P 15.97 P 14.08 P .21 P .19 E 7.01 E 6.18 P 1.46 P 1.29 P 103.54 P 91.34 P 128.18 P 113.08
1Includes petroleum preparations, liquefied propane and butane, and, beginning in 1997, other mineral
fuels.		 R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  E=Estimate.  (s)=Less than 0.005 billion.  
2See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary. Notes:  ·  Includes value of exports from Puerto Rico to foreign countries;  excludes shipments from the
50 States and the District of Columbia to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.  ·  Totals may not equal sum
of components due to independent rounding.
3In chained (2005) dollars, calculated by using gross domestic product implicit price deflators in Table
D1.  See "Chained Dollars" in Glossary.		 Sources:  Coal and Coal Coke:  Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, unpublished data.
Natural Gas:  ·  1949-1971—Bureau of the Census, U.S. Exports, FT410.  ·  1972 and 1973—Federal
Power Commission (FPC), Pipeline Imports and Exports of Natural Gas - Imports and Exports of LNG.
·  1974-1977—FPC, United States Imports and Exports of Natural Gas, annual reports.
·  1978-1981—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Imports and Exports of Natural Gas,
annual reports.  ·  1982-2009—EIA, Natural Gas Monthly (NGM), monthly reports.  ·  2010—EIA, NGM
(April 2012), Table 5.  ·  2011—EIA estimate based on volume and revenue data from U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.  Crude Oil and Petroleum Products:  ·  1949-1988—Bureau of the
Census, U.S. Exports, FT410.  ·  1989 forward—Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S.
Merchandise Trade, FT900, "Exports and Imports of Goods by Principal SITC Commodity Groupings,"
Annual Revisions and December 2011 issue.
4There is a discontinuity in this time series between 1996 and 1997 due to the addition of the
commodity category "Other Mineral Fuels."		  
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