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U.S. Crude Oil Imports from China (Thousand Barrels)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1993 1,860 1,245 2,277 1,226 1,366 742 1,166 2,673 1,901 2,041 1,901
  1994 2,433 1,243 3,217 2,012 2,471 1,080 2,866 1,989 1,886 570 2,366 1,246
  1995 1,908 580 1,683 1,948 1,090 771 2,473 1,254 2,192 1,230 1,984 2,260
  1996 2,681 1,224 1,640 549 575 1,109 2,419 2,249 1,930 1,118 3,127 2,409
  1997 2,604 1,820 3,727 1,383 664 1,332 0 1,294 1,283 1,463 662 1,380
  1998 428 1,159 1,961 1,857 2,156 2,419 2,271 1,762 613 750 0 0
  1999 0 0 944 620 0 564 582 1,023 1,030 0 0 0
  2000 0 599 1,159 528 853 1,631 1,222 988 1,192 2,137 610 1,218
  2001 1,029 0 433 420 648 0 613 877 0 664 0 0
  2002 0 1,164 0 0 459 1,013 1,001 1,058 0 1,494 632 417
  2003 501 399 206 192 221 192 790 416 716 157 850 0
  2004 209 1,093 200 210 204 200 663 204 194 731 690 675
  2005 679 635 844 637 917 421 293 560 675 1,145 1,088 703
  2006 715 600 508 1,196 210 478 1,228 1,456 450
  2007 243 250 481 551 210 208 208 210
  2008 254 257 372 253

Updated on 6/26/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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