Table 6.3  Natural Gas Imports, Exports, and Net Imports, 1949-2007
                     (Billion Cubic Feet, Except as Noted)



Year		 Imports by Country of Origin Exports by Country of Destination Net Imports 1

Algeria 2
Canada 3
Egypt 2
Mexico 3
Nigeria 2
Oman 2
Qatar 2		 Trinidad
and Tobago 2
Other 2,4
Total
Canada 3
Japan 2
Mexico 3
Total 
Total		 Percent of U.S.
Consumption
1949
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (s) 0 20 20 -20 [5]
1950
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 26 -26 [5]
1951
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 24 -24 [5]
1952
 0 8 0 (s) 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 22 27 -20 [5]
1953
 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 22 28 -19 [5]
1954
 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 23 29 -22 [5]
1955
 0 11 0 (s) 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 20 31 -20 [5]
1956
 0 10 0 (s) 0 0 0 0 0 10 17 0 19 36 -26 [5]
1957
 0 21 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 38 31 0 11 42 -4 [5]
1958
 0 90 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 136 32 0 7 39 97 0.9
1959
 0 83 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 134 12 0 7 18 116 1.0
1960
 0 109 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 156 6 0 6 11 144 1.2
1961
 0 167 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 219 6 0 5 11 208 1.7
1962
 0 350 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 402 6 0 10 16 386 2.9
1963
 0 356 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 406 7 0 10 17 389 2.8
1964
 0 391 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 443 10 0 10 20 424 2.9
1965
 0 405 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 456 18 0 8 26 430 2.8
1966
 0 430 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 480 20 0 4 25 455 2.8
1967
 0 513 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 564 70 0 11 82 483 2.8
1968
 0 604 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 652 82 0 12 94 558 3.0
1969
 0 680 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 727 35 3 13 51 676 3.4
1970
 1 779 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 821 11 44 15 70 751 3.6
1971
 1 912 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 935 14 50 16 80 854 3.9
1972
 2 1,009 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1,019 16 48 15 78 941 4.3
1973
 3 1,028 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1,033 15 48 14 77 956 4.3
1974
 0 959 0 (s) 0 0 0 0 0 959 13 50 13 77 882 4.2
1975
 5 948 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 953 10 53 9 73 880 4.5
1976
 10 954 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 964 8 50 7 65 899 4.5
1977
 11 997 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1,011 (s) 52 4 56 955 4.9
1978
 84 881 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 966 (s) 48 4 53 913 4.7
1979
 253 1,001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,253 (s) 51 4 56 1,198 5.9
1980
 86 797 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 985 (s) 45 4 49 936 4.7
1981
 37 762 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 904 (s) 56 3 59 845 4.4
1982
 55 783 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 933 (s) 50 2 52 882 4.9
1983
 131 712 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 918 (s) 53 2 55 864 5.1
1984
 36 755 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 843 (s) 53 2 55 788 4.4
1985
 24 926 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 950 (s) 53 2 55 894 5.2
1986
 0 749 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 750 9 50 2 61 689 4.2
1987
 0 993 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 993 3 49 2 54 939 5.5
1988
 17 1,276 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,294 20 52 2 74 1,220 6.8
1989
 42 1,339 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,382 38 51 17 107 1,275 6.7
1990
 84 1,448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,532 17 53 16 86 1,447 7.5
1991
 64 1,710 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,773 15 54 60 129 1,644 8.4
1992
 43 2,094 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,138 68 53 96 216 1,921 9.5
1993
 82 2,267 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2,350 45 56 40 140 2,210 10.6
1994
 51 2,566 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2,624 53 63 47 162 2,462 11.6
1995
 18 2,816 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2,841 28 65 61 154 2,687 12.1
1996
 35 2,883 0 14 0 0 0 0 5 2,937 52 68 34 153 2,784 12.3
1997
 66 2,899 0 17 0 0 0 0 12 2,994 56 62 38 157 2,837 12.5
1998
 69 3,052 0 15 0 0 0 0 17 3,152 40 66 53 159 2,993 13.5
1999
 76 3,368 0 55 0 0 20 51 17 3,586 39 64 61 163 3,422 15.3
2000
 47 3,544 0 12 13 10 46 99 11 3,782 73 66 106 244 3,538 15.2
2001
 65 3,729 0 10 38 12 23 98 2 3,977 167 66 141 373 3,604 16.2
2002
 27 3,785 0 2 8 3 35 151 5 4,015 189 63 263 516 3,499 15.2
2003
 53 3,437 0 0 50 9 14 378 3 3,944 271 66 343 680 3,264 14.7
2004
 120 3,607 0 0 12 9 12 462 36 4,259 395 62 397 854 3,404 15.2
2005
 97 3,700 73 9 8 2 3 439 9 4,341 358 65 305 729 3,612 R 16.4
2006
 17 R 3,590 120 R 13 57 0 0 389 0 R 4,186 R 341 61 R 322 R 724 R 3,462 R 16.0
2007P
 74 3,777 114 54 95 0 18 451 18 4,602 472 47 288 6 809 3,793 16.5
1Net imports equal imports minus exports. 6Includes 2 billion cubic feet to Russia.
2As liquefied natural gas. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  (s)=Less than 0.5 billion cubic feet.  
3By pipeline, except for very small amounts of liquefied natural gas imported from Canada in 1973,
1977, and 1981, and exported to Mexico beginning in 1998.		 Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
4Australia in 1997-2001 and 2004; Brunei in 2002; Equatorial Guinea in 2007; Indonesia in 1986 and
2000; Malaysia in 1999 and 2002-2005; United Arab Emirates in 1996-2000; and Other (unassigned) in
2004.		 Web Page:  See http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/natural_gas/info_glance/natural_gas.html for related
information.
5Not meaningful because there were net exports during this year. Sources:  Percent of U.S. Consumption:   Calculated.  All Other Data:  ·  1949-1954—Energy
Information Administration (EIA), Office of Oil and Gas, Reserves and Natural Gas Division, unpublished
data.  ·  1955-1971—EIA, Federal Power Commission, by telephone.  ·  1972-1987—EIA, Form FPC-14,
"Annual Report for Importers and Exporters of Natural Gas."  ·  1988-2005—EIA, Natural Gas Annual, annual
reports.  ·  2006 and 2007—EIA, Natural Gas Monthly (March 2008), Table 4.