HOUSTON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil imports and exports decreased during the week ending April 4, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.
U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.189 million barrels per day (b/d) last week, down by 277,000 b/d from the previous week, while crude oil exports averaged 3.244 million b/d, down by 637,000 b/d, according to the EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
Over the past four weeks, U.S. crude oil imports averaged about 6.059 million b/d, down by 6.9 percent from the same four-week period last year, and crude oil exports averaged about 4.095 million b/d, up by 3.7 percent, according to the report.
The United States has been one of the world's important oil producers in the past years with the help of its shale oil production growth.
