Band 6+: The charts below give information about the origin of crude oil imports to the US in 2012 and about the percentage of imports as a share of US crude oil consumption. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given charts illustrate the origin of crude oil imports to the US in 2012 and the percentage of imports as a share of US crude oil consumption between 2005 and 2012.

Overall, Canada was the greatest exporter of crude oil to the US in 2012 and held the highest share on US crude oil imports during that year. Also, staying constant between the year 2005 and 2006, the percentage of imports as a share of US crude oil consumption declined between 2005 to 2012.

In detail, the pie chart shows that 39% of crude oil was produced in US and rest were imported from other countries. Canada and Middle East contries were major exporters of crude oil to US, contributing about 24% and 17% respectively. Meanwhile, Africa and Latin america contributed 8% and 9% respectevely whereas, rest 3% were imported from other countries.

On the other hand, the bar chart shows that about 60% of the crude oil were imported from other countries between 2005 and 2006. It then faced a steady decline in the following years, reaching almost 49% in 2010. The percentage continued to decline in the year 2011 and 2020, resulting in the final percentage of about 40% in the year 2020.