USA
imports and exportsThe largest producer; imports heavy crude and exports light (shale) crude.
Answer
The USA imports about 6.2 million barrels of crude a day. The largest suppliers are Canada (68%), Mexico (7%) and Saudi Arabia (5%).
Data: 2025 annual averages
Key figures
- Crude oil imports, barrels per day
- 6.2 million
- Largest supplier
- Canada · 68%
- Crude oil exports, barrels per day
- 3.9 million
- Largest buyer
- South Korea · 11%
Where does the USA get its oil from?
| Supplier | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 68% | 4,549 |
| Mexico | 7% | 439 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5% | 310 |
| Brazil | 3% | 228 |
| Colombia | 3% | 221 |
| Guyana | 3% | 220 |
| Iraq | 3% | 209 |
| Venezuela | 2% | 159 |
| Nigeria | 2% | 157 |
| United Kingdom | 1% | 59 |
| Libya | 1% | 57 |
| Angola | 0% | 33 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Where does the USA's oil go?
The USA exports about 3.9 million barrels of crude a day. The largest buyers are South Korea (11%), Netherlands (9%) and India (7%).
| Buyer | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 11% | 448 |
| Netherlands | 9% | 335 |
| India | 7% | 271 |
| United Kingdom | 7% | 262 |
| Germany | 6% | 250 |
| France | 6% | 242 |
| Spain | 5% | 197 |
| Belgium | 3% | 120 |
| Italy | 2% | 84 |
| Sweden | 1% | 48 |
| Denmark | 1% | 48 |
| China | 1% | 46 |
| Ireland | 1% | 44 |
| Finland | 1% | 21 |
| Poland | 0% | 15 |
| Portugal | 0% | 11 |
| other destinations (not on the map) | 38% | 1,489 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Which chokepoints does the USA's oil pass through?
The main maritime chokepoints on the way are Strait of Hormuz (8% of imports) and Cape of Good Hope (8% of imports).
- Strait of Hormuz8% of imports · 519
- Cape of Good Hope8% of imports · 519
8% of imports passes through Strait of Hormuz, but these are calm waters – the routes avoid dangerous straits.
UN Comtrade · 2025
How much oil does the USA produce, import and export?
Produces 13.6 million barrels a day but uses 18.6 million – so it has to import (6.2 million). At the same time it sells 3.9 million abroad, because its refineries need different grades of crude than the country produces.
JODI-Oil · 2025
USA: how did the 2026 oil crisis affect supplies and prices?
- February 28, 2026Iran closes the Strait of HormuzUSA: 519 thousand barrels a day (8% of imports) with no way throughWikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- March 11, 2026IEA countries release 400 million barrels from emergency stocksUSA: 519 thousand barrels a day (8% of imports) with no way throughIEA, 11 Mar 2026
- September 11, 2026Drones hit Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline – the main route around HormuzUSA: 519 thousand barrels a day (8% of imports) with no way throughCNBC, 14 Sept 2026
- September 28, 2026The East-West pipeline runs again, at lower capacityUSA: 519 thousand barrels a day (8% of imports) with no way throughwnp.pl, 28 Sept 2026
Effect on supplies: model of oil routes (2025 flows), stranded = no sea route left on that day.
Main ports: Houston · Corpus Christi
Sources
- UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
- JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
- U.S. EIA – crude oil and petroleum products passing through maritime chokepoints · 2023
Related questions
- Where does Canada's oil go?
- Where does Mexico's oil go?
- Where does Saudi Arabia's oil go?
- Where does South Korea get its oil from?
- Where does the Netherlands get its oil from?
- Where does India get its oil from?
- Which countries depend on the Strait of Hormuz?
- Which countries import the most crude oil?
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- Which countries depend most on a single oil supplier?
- Where does the EU get its crude oil?
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CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0 – credit “chokepoints.io” with a link. Volumes in thousand barrels per day, 2025 annual averages.
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