US: Latin American Oil Imports Fall 20% 

Mexican oil exports to the US fell during the first half of the year. Here the Pemex Cantarell field. (Photo: Pemex)

Ecuador and Peru only countries to increase exports.  

BY LATINVEX STAFF

US imports of Latin American crude oil fell by 20 percent during the first half of the year, reaching $43.2 billion, according to a Latinvex analysis of US Census Bureau data.

Only two of the nine Latin American oil exporters – Ecuador and Peru  -- posted increases during the period, while the other seven all saw declines.

Brazil posted the worst decline in real terms and the second-worst in percentage terms. The value of the country’s crude oil exports to the United States reached ...

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Table keywords: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela

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Latin American oil exports to US (1H 2013)
Top Oil Exporters to US (1H 2013)

 


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