Washington: The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday a decline in Iraqi oil exports to the United States last week.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the EIA statistics revealed that the average US crude oil imports from nine major countries reached 4.708 million barrels per day, reflecting a drop of 508,000 barrels per day compared to the previous week’s figure of 5.216 million barrels per day.

The data further highlighted that the average Iraqi oil exports to the US were 92,000 barrels per day, marking a significant decrease of 163,000 barrels per day from the prior week’s average of 255,000 barrels per day.

The EIA reported that Canada remained the largest source of US oil imports last week, followed by Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Brazil. Additionally, it was noted that the US continued to import crude oil from Venezuela, Nigeria, Colombia, and Ecuador, while no oil imports were recorded from Libya.