U.S. Crude Oil Imports from Top 15 Countries, Dec 2010 and Full Year 2010 -- EIA

by Aaron and David Rachovich

U.S. Crude Oil Imports (thousand barrels per day), Dec. 2010

Rank	Country	Dec 2010	Nov 2010	Year 2010	Dec 2009	Year 2009
1.	Canada	2,064	1,975	1,972	2,104	1,943
2.	Mexico	1,223	1,229	1,140	1,063	1,092
3.	Saudi Arabia*	1,076	1,119	1,080	870	980
4.	Nigeria*	1,024	806	986	1,020	776
5.	Venezuela*	825	884	912	772	951
6.	Iraq*	336	340	414	325	449
7.	Angola*	307	263	380	266	448
8.	Brazil	271	188	254	181	295
9.	Algeria*	262	379	325	336	281
10.	Colombia	220	489	338	179	251
11.	Ecuador*	192	188	195	86	181
12.	Russia	158	85	252	168	230
13.	Kuwait*	125	170	195	160	180
14.	UK	124	80	120	67	103
15.	Argentina	85	35	29	33	53
Top 15 countries		8,292	8,230	8,592	7,630	8,213
OPEC**		4,180	4,170	4,532	3,834	4,355
All Countries		8,631	8,608	9,163	8,170	9,013

*OPEC member.

**OPEC total includes also imports from Libya. In December 2010, e.g., the U.S. imported 32,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Libya. In 2009 (Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul and Aug), the U.S. imported small quantities of crude from Qatar. In 2009 (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul and Aug) and 2010 (May and Sep only), the U.S. imported small quantities of crude from the UAE.

Source: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Feb 25, 2011, here.

(Canada remained the largest exporter of crude in December 2010, exporting 2,064 thousand barrels per day to the United States, which is an increase from November. The top five exporting countries---Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Venezuela---accounted for 72 percent of United States crude oil imports in December 2010. For all of 2010, U.S. crude imports amounted to 9,163 thousand barrels per day, up 150 thousand barrels per day, or some 1.7 percent, from 2009---please see table above. Nigeria overtook Venezuela to become fourth-largest crude supplier, on an annual basis, to the U.S. in 2010---please see table above. Also, please see EIA's previous report, here -- D.R.)