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U.S. Crude Oil Imports by Selected Country, 1988-2006
Source: Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly. Aug. 2006; ranked by 2006 totals
(thousand barrels per day)
The United States has become increasingly dependent on foreign oil. From 1990 to 2006 (based on annualized Jan-June data for the latter year), total U.S. oil imports went up about 70%. Over the same period, oil imports from OPEC countries increased 36%. The proportion of U.S. oil imports from OPEC nations has been declining; in 1990 they accounted for 60% of U.S. oil imports, while in 2006 they accounted for 48%. Although OPEC countries, especially in the Persian gulf region, have a significant production advantage because of the relatively low cost of developing their oil resources, non-OPEC oil production has been rising; North America dominated this growth in the early 1970s, the North Sea and Mexico became major producers in the 1980s, and more recent production increases have come from oil supplies in Latin America, West Africa, and the former Soviet Union. Sanctions, imposed originally by Pres. Bill Clinton, do not permit the U.S. to import oil from Iran.
COUNTRY
 20061 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1995 1990 1988
Canada 1,736 1,602 1,587 1,535 1,418 1,297 1,267 1,040 643 681
Mexico 1,679 1,550 1,597 1,589 1,490 1,379 1,301 1,027 689 674
Saudi Arabia# 1,423 1,438 1,494 1,724 1,521 1,610 1,521 1,260 1,195 911
Venezuela 1,156 1,231 1,294 1,193 1,195 1,281 1,223 1,151 666 439
Nigeria# 1,111 1,060 1,062 838 567 813 665 821 784 607
Iraq# 547 520 651 470 442 778 613 0
 514 343
Angola 448 450 306 361 315 314 289 360 236 203
Algeria# 297 228 214 113 30 11 1 27 63 58
Ecuador4 280 276 228 138 99 108 126 96 38 33
Colombia 169 156 138 163 233 245 308 207 140 106
Kuwait 163 215 241 205 212 233 261 213 79 80
United Kingdom 132 219 235 347 406 226 272 341 155 254
Brazil 109 94 51 48 57 13 5
 0
 0
 0
Russia2 92 193 150 149 86 0
  7 14 1
 0
Norway 87 119 146 164 335 267 292 258 96 62
Trinidad and Tobago 72 62 59 54 68 55 53 NA NA NA
Libya 54 44 18 0
 0
 0
 0 0 0 0
Gabon3 52 127 142 131 143 138 142 229 64 15
Argentina 36 56 49 67 68 51 56 62 76 71
Indonesia# 12 19 34 26 50 40 36 64 98 186
Australia 3
 10 21 26 51 36 42 16 47 59
United Arab Emirates# 1
 9 5 10 16 21 1 5 9 23
Malaysia
 4
 10
 18
 21
 9
 15
 29
 6
 40
 19
Non-OPEC 5,242 5,252 4,994 5,055 4,996 4,336 4,361 3,889 2,381 2,411
OPEC 4,764 4,762 5,018 4,579 4,042 4,787 4,520 3,341 3,514 2,696
Arab-OPEC5 2,485 2,454 2,628 2,522 2,230 2,653 2,396 1,505 1,864 1,415
TOTAL
 10,006 10,015
 10,012
 9,633
 9,038 9,123 8,882 7,230 5,894 5,107
# Denotes OPEC members. NA=Not available. (1) Jan.- June average annualized. (2) May include oil from USSR states before 1992, (3) Gabon withdrew from OPEC Dec. 31, 1994. Imports after Jan. 1, 1995, appear in Non-OPEC totals. (4) Ecuador withdrew from OPEC Dec. 31, 1992. Imports after Jan.1,1993, appear in Non·OPEC totals. (5) Includes Algeria, Iraq. Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.