Originally Posted by
Rick M
Eighteen months ago, when Kimery wrote his article, the difference between the top five exporters to USA was actually quite close… certainly Canada did not dominate “by a huge margin” at that time.
An author who published in Aug. 08 would have probably been relying on data from early to mid 2008, which at that time showed the following approximate monthly volumes (from EIA):
US imports of crude & products from Canada = 73,000,000 barrels (June 08)
Saudi Arabia = 52,000,000 (July 08)
Venezuela = 41,000, 000 (July 08
Mexico = 40,000,000 (July 08)
Nigeria = 36,000,000 (April 08)
I agree, Kimery’s point about SA being USA’s largest supplier was incorrect, but just barely, both in terms of timing and volumes.
Meanwhile, your central point, that Canada is the USA’s main supplier of imports “by a huge margin” is also not accurate.
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