Table 3.7  Value of Fossil Fuel Imports, 1949-2007
                     (Thousand Dollars)


Year
Coal Coal Coke Natural Gas Crude Oil 1 Petroleum Products 2 Total
Nominal 3 Real 4 Nominal 3 Real 4 Nominal 3 Real 4 Nominal 3 Real 4 Nominal 3 Real 4 Nominal 3 Real 4
1949
2,368   14,481   3,976   24,315   0   0   304,658   1,863,124   137,130   838,613   448,132   2,740,533  
1950
2,624   15,873   5,297   32,043   0   0   369,208   2,233,428   214,629   1,298,343   591,758   3,579,687  
1951
2,420   13,658   1,932   10,904   0   0   374,869   2,115,752   226,391   1,277,746   605,612   3,418,061  
1952
2,301   12,768   4,527   25,119   826   4,583   423,280   2,348,685   252,390   1,400,455   683,324   3,791,610  
1953
2,157   11,824   1,715   9,401   1,120   6,139   509,851   2,794,776   251,801   1,380,261   766,644   4,202,401  
1954
1,713   9,301   1,258   6,831   913   4,957   544,550   2,956,779   284,119   1,542,700   832,553   4,520,568  
1955
2,641   14,091   1,405   7,496   1,297   6,920   654,788   3,493,507   441,489   2,355,487   1,101,620   5,877,501  
1956
2,885   14,877   1,471   7,585   1,042   5,373   837,626   4,319,218   448,061   2,310,426   1,291,085   6,657,480  
1957
3,155   15,745   1,544   7,705   3,317   16,554   980,142   4,891,416   567,381   2,831,525   1,555,539   7,762,945  
1958
2,580   12,587   1,571   7,664   21,821   106,454   939,708   4,584,389   684,847   3,341,043   1,650,527   8,052,137  
1959
2,455   11,831   1,441   6,944   26,329   126,881   872,606   4,205,127   662,852   3,194,314   1,565,683   7,545,097  
1960
1,860   8,840   1,498   7,119   28,372   134,841   895,055   4,253,862   731,341   3,475,790   1,658,126   7,880,452  
1961
1,369   6,434   1,543   7,252   44,733   210,231   933,310   4,386,268   710,084   3,337,175   1,691,039   7,947,359  
1962
1,921   8,906   1,855   8,600   86,022   398,822   1,011,855   4,691,247   753,461   3,493,259   1,855,114   8,600,835  
1963
2,119   9,721   2,047   9,391   98,246   450,711   1,025,156   4,702,982   737,774   3,384,595   1,865,342   8,557,400  
1964
2,289   10,343   1,509   6,818   99,386   449,080   1,080,290   4,881,343   782,996   3,538,006   1,966,470   8,885,590  
1965
1,564   6,940   1,379   6,119   105,418   467,797   1,119,838   4,969,328   923,739   4,099,130   2,151,938   9,549,314  
1966
1,654   7,137   1,790   7,724   106,024   457,473   1,115,259   4,812,129   987,305   4,260,032   2,212,032   9,544,494  
1967
1,992   8,337   1,704   7,132   129,446   541,774   1,064,210   4,454,066   1,015,981   4,252,212   2,213,333   9,263,521  
1968
1,900   7,627   1,904   7,643   146,658   588,681   1,184,045   4,752,719   1,164,139   4,672,817   2,498,646   10,029,487  
1969
1,081   4,134   3,354   12,826   195,034   745,856   1,298,179   4,964,545   1,239,200   4,738,996   2,736,848   10,466,358  
1970
457   1,660   3,531   12,824   257,542   935,360   1,260,164   4,576,756   1,482,512   5,384,296   3,004,206   10,910,896  
1971
1,773   6,133   5,038   17,426   312,067   1,079,406   1,687,279   5,836,114   1,656,211   5,728,653   3,662,368   12,667,732  
1972
691   2,291   4,649   15,411   314,987   1,044,179   2,369,176   7,853,796   1,989,182   6,594,119   4,678,685   15,509,796  
1973
1,607   5,046   39,263   123,279   362,282   1,137,499   4,240,225   13,313,526   3,497,893   10,982,740   8,141,270   25,562,090  
1974
57,731   166,252   193,165   556,271   530,904   1,528,881   15,252,724   43,924,331   11,012,965   31,714,802   27,047,489   77,890,537  
1975
21,682   57,055   156,488   411,789   1,151,106   3,029,067   18,290,356   48,129,983   6,768,328   17,810,452   26,387,960   69,438,345  
1976
17,739   44,131   111,066   276,311   1,660,171   4,130,190   25,456,155   63,330,070   6,651,244   16,547,030   33,896,375   84,327,732  
1977
39,355   92,054   130,668   305,642   2,000,474   4,679,252   33,591,203   78,572,238   8,416,780   19,687,453   44,178,480   103,336,639  
1978
74,521   162,863   408,606   892,991   2,060,954   4,504,128   32,297,938   70,585,786   7,303,604   15,961,720   42,145,623   92,107,487  
1979
51,787   104,519   340,088   686,381   3,126,278   6,309,595   46,058,234   92,956,797   10,449,994   21,090,647   60,026,381   121,147,939  
1980
30,468   56,377   52,050   96,312   4,213,498   7,796,566   61,899,003   114,536,578   12,541,104   23,205,788   78,736,123   145,691,621  
1981
29,703   50,243   42,838   72,461   4,412,202   7,463,255   61,457,915   103,956,283   14,297,896   24,184,942   80,240,554   135,727,184  
1982
22,571   35,983   9,212   14,686   4,693,844   7,483,092   45,723,820   72,894,525   13,862,759   22,100,499   64,312,206   102,528,786  
1983
42,683   65,458   1,951   2,992   4,388,310   6,729,814   36,491,953   55,963,245   14,840,986   22,759,805   55,765,883   85,521,314  
1984
45,465   67,201   47,098   69,615   3,438,468   5,082,356   36,444,573   53,868,263   17,865,156   26,406,261   57,840,760   85,493,696  
1985
70,351   100,915   42,891   61,525   3,048,822   4,373,391   32,902,211   47,196,665   17,466,209   25,054,450   53,530,484   76,786,946  
1986
79,676   111,826   25,379   35,620   1,822,165   2,557,425   22,608,355   31,731,025   12,181,415   17,096,723   36,716,990   51,532,618  
1987
55,978   76,477   54,922   75,034   1,930,222   2,637,059   29,130,109   39,797,406   12,365,296   16,893,404   43,536,527   59,479,380  
1988
63,936   84,466   193,510   255,648   2,380,493   3,144,890   27,546,848   36,392,380   12,434,623   16,427,488   42,619,410   56,304,872  
1989
97,333   123,903   217,385   276,726   2,505,380   3,189,292   35,529,191   45,227,851   13,498,507   17,183,292   51,847,796   66,001,064  
1990
92,994   113,977   72,080   88,344   2,972,593   3,643,330   43,784,833   53,664,460   16,902,824   20,716,784   63,825,324   78,226,895  
1991
112,270   132,952   92,787   109,880   3,235,393   3,831,407   36,901,900   43,699,848   13,170,600   15,596,845   53,512,950   63,370,932  
1992
127,234   147,287   143,362   165,957   3,959,408   4,583,444   38,553,100   44,629,392   11,984,200   13,873,010   54,767,304   63,399,090  
1993
252,515   285,712   165,874   187,681   4,771,207   5,398,453   38,469,376   43,526,749   11,740,000   13,283,398   55,398,972   62,681,993  
1994
272,383   301,779   274,244   303,841   4,901,374   5,430,344   38,479,418   42,632,223   11,143,000   12,345,583   55,070,419   61,013,770  
1995
322,600   350,249   325,065   352,925   4,227,943   4,590,301   42,814,000   46,483,400   9,948,000   10,800,599   57,637,608   62,577,474  
1996
274,114   292,070   244,004   259,988   5,789,438   6,168,689   54,931,000   58,529,387   15,268,000   16,268,167   76,506,556   81,518,301  
1997
256,917   269,266   253,099   265,264   6,495,955   6,808,178   54,226,000   56,832,331   16,926,000 [5] 17,739,535 [5] 78,157,971   81,914,573  
1998
280,770   291,038   292,227   302,914   6,208,908   6,435,969   37,252,000   38,614,313   13,012,000   13,487,851   57,045,905   59,132,085  
1999
279,720   285,814   226,359   231,290   8,031,531   8,206,493   50,890,000   51,998,610   16,283,000   16,637,716   75,710,610   77,359,924  
2000
376,689   376,689   249,253   249,253   14,937,332   14,937,332   89,876,000   89,876,000   29,375,000   29,375,000   134,814,274   134,814,274  
2001
672,832   657,069   190,614   186,148   17,617,840   17,205,090   74,293,000   72,552,466   28,454,000   27,787,381   121,228,286   118,388,154  
2002
599,308   575,223   244,266   234,450   12,608,554   12,101,850   79,252,000   76,067,072   23,520,000   22,574,793   116,224,128   111,553,388  
2003
787,595   740,193   238,678   224,313   20,389,182   19,162,045   101,795,000   95,668,396   30,638,000   28,794,030   153,848,455   144,588,977  
2004
1,023,473   935,003 [R] 1,231,979   1,125,486 [R] 24,742,222   22,603,481 [R] 136,030,000   124,271,437 [R] 43,236,000   39,498,639 [R] 206,263,674   188,434,045 [R]
2005
1,422,781   1,259,098 [R] 780,431   690,647 [R] 35,249,196   31,193,979 [R] 182,944,000   161,897,345 [R] 67,124,000   59,401,770 [R] 287,520,408   254,442,839 [R]
2006
1,779,585   1,526,663 [R] 636,343   545,903 [R] 28,801,612 [R] 24,708,204 [R] 225,156,000 [R] 193,155,867 [R] 74,558,000 [R] 63,961,499 [R] 330,931,540 [R] 283,898,136 [R]
2007
1,731,724 [P] 1,447,155 [P] 478,374 [P] 399,764 [P] 31,320,625 [E] 26,173,807 [E] 245,777,000 [P] 205,389,257 [P] 81,906,000 [P] 68,446,651 [P] 361,213,723 [P] 301,856,634 [P]
1Beginning in 1977, includes imports into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 5There is a discontinuity in this time series between 1996 and 1997 due to the addition of the commodity
category "Other Mineral Fuels."
2Includes petroleum preparations, liquefied propane and butane, and, beginning in 1997, other mineral fuels. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  E=Estimate.  (s)=Less than 0.005 billion. 
3See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary. Notes:  ·  Includes value of imports into Puerto Rico from foreign countries;  excludes receipts into the 50
States and the District of Columbia from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of
components due to independent rounding.
4In chained (2000) dollars, calculated by using gross domestic product implicit price deflators in Table D1. 
See "Chained Dollars" in Glossary.
Sources:  Coal and Coal Coke:  Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, upublished data.  Natural
Gas:  ·  1949-1962—Bureau of the Census, U.S. Imports of Merchandise for Consumption, 
FT110.  · 1963—Bureau of the Census, U.S. Imports of Merchandise for Consumption, FT125.
·  1964-1971—Bureau of the Census, U.S. Imports for Consumption and General Imports, FT246.  ·  1972 and
1973—Federal Power Commission, Pipeline Imports and Exports of Natural Gas - Imports and Exports of LNG.  · 
1974-1977—Federal Power Commission, United States Imports and Exports of Natural Gas, annual reports.  · 
1978-1981—Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. Imports and Exports of Natural Gas, annual reports.  · 
1982-2005—EIA, Natural Gas Monthly (NGM), monthly reports.
·  2006—EIA, NGM (March 2008), Table 4.  ·  2007—EIA estimate.  Crude Oil and Petroleum Products:  · 
1949-1962—Bureau of the Census, U.S. Imports of Merchandise for Consumption, FT110.
· 1963—Bureau of the Census, U.S. Imports of Merchandise for Consumption, FT125.
·  1964-1988—Bureau of the Census, U.S. Imports for Consumption, FT135.  ·  1989 forward—Bureau of the
Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Merchandise Trade, FT900, "Exhibit 15.  Exports and Imports of Goods by
Principal SITC Commodity Groupings," December issues.