February 2009 Import Highlights:  April 30, 2009
Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in February 2009 has been released and it shows that two countries exported more than 1.20 million barrels per day to the United States. Including those countries, three countries exported over 1.00 million barrels per day of crude oil to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 64 percent of United States crude oil imports in February while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 84 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top sources of US crude oil imports for February were Canada (1.913 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.219 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.099 million barrels per day), Venezuela (0.960 million barrels per day), and Angola (0.671 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Iraq (0.554 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.457 million barrels per day), Brazil (0.365 million barrels per day), Kuwait (0.251 million barrels per day), and Ecuador (0.243 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 9.205 million barrels per day in February, which is a decrease of (0.647) million barrels per day from January 2009.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in February, exporting 2.512 million barrels per day to the United States, which is a decrease from last month (2.544 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1.364 million barrels per day.

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