January 2011 Import Highlights: Released March 30, 2011
Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in January 2011 has been released and it shows that three countries exported more than 1,000 thousand barrels per day to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 70 percent of United States crude oil imports in January while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 89 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top five sources of US crude oil imports for January were Canada (2,149 thousand barrels per day), Mexico (1,216 thousand barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1,099 thousand barrels per day), Nigeria (968 thousand barrels per day), and Venezuela (951 thousand barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Iraq (470 thousand barrels per day), Algeria (378 thousand barrels per day), Colombia (303 thousand barrels per day), Angola (294 thousand barrels per day), and Brazil (259 thousand barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 9,069 thousand barrels per day in January, which is an increase of 438 thousand barrels per day from December 2010.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in January, exporting 2,826 thousand barrels per day to the United States, which is an increase from last month (2,713 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1,366 thousand barrels per day