Washington: The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that the United States reduced its oil imports from Iraq last week, while importing no oil from Saudi Arabia and Libya. The EIA stated in a table that “the average US crude oil imports last week from eight major countries amounted to 5.456 million barrels per day, a decrease of 35,000 barrels per day compared to the previous week, which amounted to 5.491 million barrels per day.”

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the average of Iraqi oil exports to the US amounted to 84,000 barrels per day, a decrease of 130,000 barrels per day compared to the previous week, which amounted to 214,000 barrels per day. The EIA indicated that the largest amount of US oil exports last week came from Canada, followed by Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, and Nigeria.

The report further detailed that the amount of US crude oil imports continued from Venezuela and Colombia, while it did not import any oil from Saudi Arabia or Libya.