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US Crude Oil Exports & Imports by State

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Overall, the United States of America exported US$119.4 billion worth of exported crude oil around the world in 2022, up by 71.7% from 2021.

Imports of crude oil sold by the United States totaled $198.3 billion resulting from a 48.9% increase in spending compared ton one year earlier.

The dollar total for US exported crude oil represents shipments from 20 American states. In contrast, America’s crude oil imports arrived at ports in 28 states.

America’s trade deficit specific to crude petroleum oil amounted to -$78.9 billion, inflating by 24% from -63.6 billion for 2021.

Metrics presented in this article are based on the latest United States Census Bureau’s foreign trade statistics specific to products.

US States that Export & Import the Most Crude Oil (by Dollar Value)

America’s Crude Oil Exports by Top States

The two leading export states (Texas and Louisiana) accounted for 98.4% of all crude oil exported by all American petroleum-shipping states during 2022.

Listed below are all 20 US states that shipped crude oil during 2022. Within parenthesis is the percentage that each state supplies compared to the US total value of exported crude oil.

  1. Texas: US$110 billion (92.2% of total US crude oil exports)
  2. Louisiana: $7.5 billion (6.3%)
  3. Minnesota: $752.1 million (0.6%)
  4. North Dakota: $327.5 million (0.3%)
  5. New York: $220.8 million (0.2%)
  6. Connecticut: $216.3 million (0.2%)
  7. Alaska: $170.2 million (0.1%)
  8. Ohio: $72.3 million (0.1%)
  9. Washington: $58.7 million (0.05%)
  10. Pennsylvania: $53.9 million (0.05%)
  11. West Virginia: $7.4 million (0.01%)
  12. Indiana: $2.1 million (0.002%)
  13. Kansas: $1.6 million (0.001%)
  14. Oklahoma: $1.2 million (0.001%)
  15. Missouri: $122,804 (0.0001%)
  16. Wisconsin: $60,604 (0.0001%)
  17. New Jersey: $41,781 (0.00003%)
  18. Florida: $14,604 (0.00001%)
  19. California: $7,764 (0.00001%)
  20. Georgia: $5,669 (0.000005%)

Among the above states, 5 grew their global sales of exported crude oil year over year. These were Pennsylvania (up 5,656%), New York state (up 413.7%), Texas (up 75.8%), Louisiana (up 53.5%) and Ohio (up 17.8%).

There were 6 decliners, namely crude oil exporters from Florida (down -100% from 2021), New Jersey (down -99.5%), California (down -98.6%), Indiana (down -96.2%), Alaska (down -73.4%) then North Dakota (down -52.7%).

America’s Crude Oil Imports by Top States

There are more US crude oil import states than export states.

The three leading import states (Illinois, Texas and California) generated 58.8% of all crude oil bought by all American petroleum-importing states during 2022.

Listed below are the American states that represent destinations for crude petroleum oil imported from foreign suppliers in 2022.

Within parenthesis is the percentage that each state purchased compared to total crude oil imports for the United States.

  1. Illinois: US$50.5 billion (25.5% of total US crude oil imports)
  2. Texas: $37.1 billion (18.7%)
  3. California: $28.9 billion (14.6%)
  4. New Jersey: $12.5 billion (6.3%)
  5. Minnesota: $9.2 billion (4.7%)
  6. Washington: $8 billion (4%)
  7. Oklahoma: $7.9 billion (4%)
  8. Montana: $5.8 billion (2.9%)
  9. Louisiana: $5.4 billion (2.7%)
  10. Pennsylvania: $5.2 billion (2.6%)
  11. Michigan: $4.6 billion (2.3%)
  12. Delaware: $4.5 billion (2.3%)
  13. Colorado: $4 billion (2%)
  14. Missouri: $3.9 billion (2%)
  15. Alabama: $3.2 billion (1.6%)
  16. Ohio: $2.7 billion (1.3%)
  17. Mississippi: $1.9 billion (0.9%)
  18. New York: $1.4 billion (0.7%)
  19. Wyoming: $695.7 million (0.4%)
  20. North Dakota: $255.1 million (0.13%)
  21. Florida: $153.1 million (0.08%)
  22. Hawaii: $152.4 million (0.08%)
  23. Kansas: $125.1 million (0.06%)
  24. Puerto Rico: $101.2 million (0.05%)
  25. Alaska: $74.1 million (0.04%)
  26. Connecticut: $50.1 million (0.03%)
  27. South Dakota: $1.5 million (0.001%)
  28. Maryland: $1.2 million (0.001%)

The strongest gains year over year were recorded by importers in New York state (up 1,604% from 2021), South Dakota (up 548.8%), North Dakota (up 235.7%), Florida (up 179.1%), Ohio (up 150%), Delaware (up 107.4%) then America’s leading importer of crude petroleum oil (up 65.9%).

There were 4 import states that posted declining spending on imported crude oil, namely: Hawaii (down -84.2% from 2021), Puerto Rico (down -64.8%), Alaska (down -25.3%) and Wyoming (down -17.4%).
 



 

See also United States Top 10 Exports, United States Top 10 Imports, America’s Top 20 Export States and United States Top 10 Major Export Companies

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Country Profiles. Accessed on October 16, 2023

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 16, 2023

USA Trade Online, Official Source of Trade Statistics. Accessed on October 16, 2023