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U.S. Crude Oil Imports (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1910's 2 5 20 49 46 50 NA NA NA NA
  1920's 290 343 349 225 213 169 165 160 218 216
  1930's 170 129 122 87 97 88 88 75 72 91
  1940's 117 139 34 38 122 204 236 267 353 421
  1950's 487 491 573 648 656 782 934 1,023 953 965
  1960's 1,015 1,045 1,126 1,131 1,198 1,238 1,225 1,128 1,291 1,409
  1970's 1,324 1,681 2,216 3,244 3,477 4,105 5,287 6,615 6,356 6,519
  1980's 5,263 4,396 3,488 3,329 3,426 3,201 4,178 4,674 5,107 5,843
  1990's 5,894 5,782 6,083 6,787 7,063 7,230 7,508 8,225 8,706 8,731
  2000's 9,071 9,328 9,140 9,665 10,088 10,126 10,118 10,017

Updated on 7/2/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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