During the past decade, the US trade gap for energy products has narrowed, as from 2003 to 2007, the value of energy imports was about 10 times greater than the value of exports, US EIA informed. By 2017, imports were only about 1.5 times greater than exports, according to data from the US Census Bureau.
The primary US energy import is crude oil, which generally accounts for about two-thirds of the total value of energy imports. Petroleum products—including LPG, gasoline, and diesel fuels—are...
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