US oil imports from Canada hit file forward of tariffs menace, EIA knowledge exhibits

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil imports from Canada rose final week to the best on file, knowledge from the U.S. Vitality Data Administration (EIA) confirmed on Wednesday, forward of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump’s plans to tariff imports.

U.S. crude oil imports from Canada rose by 689,000 barrels a day within the week ended Jan. 3 to 4.42 million barrels a day, the best in data going again to June 2010, the EIA knowledge confirmed.