U.S. petroleum import share from Persian Gulf 2020 | Statista

Countries in the Persian Gulf contributed 9.8 percent of total petroleum imports to the United States in 2020. In the period of consideration, the share of such imports originating in the Middle East decreased and fell to its lowest figure yet in 2020.

Petroleum imports from the Persian Gulf as a share of total imports to the United States from 2000 to 2020*

Characteristic	Imports from the Persian Gulf
2020	9.8%
2019	10.5%
2018	15.9%
2017	17.2%
2016	17.6%
2015	15.9%
2014	20.3%
2013	20.4%
2012	20.3%
2011	16.3%
2010	14.5%
2009	14.4%
2008	18.4%
2007	16.1%
2006	16.1%
2005	17%
2004	19%
2003	20.4%
2002	19.7%
2001	23.3%
2000	21.7%

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March 2021

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United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Includes data from Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and the Neutral Zone (between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia).

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