July 2007 Import Highlights: ; Released on September 17, 2007
Preliminary monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in July 2007 has been released and it shows that one country has exported more than 1.50 million barrels per day to the United States. Including that country, a total of four 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 68 percent of United States crude oil imports in July while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 86 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top sources of US crude oil imports for July were Canada (1.797 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.469 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.434 million barrels per day), Venezuela (1.167 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.890 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Algeria (0.520 million barrels per day), Iraq (0.460 million barrels per day), Angola (0.392 million barrels per day), Colombia (0.207 million barrels per day), and Kuwait (0.197 million barrels per day. Total crude oil imports averaged 9,901 million barrels per day in July, which is a decrease of (0.082) million barrels per day from June 2007.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in July, exporting 2.317 million barrels per day to the United States, which was a decrease from last month (2.375 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1.605 million barrels per day.

Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries) (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country	Jul-07	Jun-07	YTD 2007	Jul-06	Jan - July 2006
CANADA	1,797	1,873	1,839	1,624	1,742
MEXICO	1,469	1,392	1,458	1,561	1,662
SAUDI ARABIA	1,434	1,501	1,421	1,264	1,400
VENEZUELA	1,167	1,135	1,117	1,191	1,161
NIGERIA	890	893	1,002	1,014	1,097
ALGERIA	520	504	500	413	314
IRAQ	460	573	475	592	553
ANGOLA	392	502	542	666	480
COLOMBIA	207	143	122	144	165
KUWAIT	197	263	196	155	162
LIBYA	165	144	81	104	61
UNITED KINGDOM	162	127	121	229	146
ECUADOR	159	166	189	170	264
BRAZIL	147	121	160	187	121
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	113	69	64	31	67
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Total Imports of Petroleum (Top 15 Countries) (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country	Jul-07	Jun-07	YTD 2007	Jul-06	Jan - July 2006
CANADA	2,317	2,375	2,407	2,114	2,250
MEXICO	1,605	1,529	1,594	1,709	1,784
SAUDI ARABIA	1,436	1,534	1,443	1,313	1,442
VENEZUELA	1,357	1,364	1,356	1,467	1,455
NIGERIA	904	968	1,053	1,073	1,171
ALGERIA	730	709	722	743	606
RUSSIA	525	285	417	425	349
IRAQ	460	573	475	592	553
ANGOLA	404	514	556	695	501
UNITED KINGDOM	355	345	319	340	294
VIRGIN ISLANDS	341	218	323	353	305
COLOMBIA	231	164	138	156	185
KUWAIT	202	263	202	155	165
BRAZIL	197	159	207	279	177
LIBYA	184	170	116	116	81

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

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