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The top five sources of US crude oil imports for November were Canada (1,975 thousand barrels per day), Mexico (1,229 thousand barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1,119 thousand barrels per day), Venezuela (884 thousand barrels per day), and Nigeria (806 thousand barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Colombia (489 thousand barrels per day), Algeria (379 thousand barrels per day), Iraq (340 thousand barrels per day), Angola (263 thousand barrels per day), and Ecuador (188 thousand barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 8,608 thousand barrels per day in November, which is an increase of 118 thousand barrels per day from October 2010.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in November, exporting 2,510 thousand barrels per day to the United States, which is an increase from last month (2,345 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1,363 thousand barrels per day.