Imports. In 2017 Venezuela imported $9.1B, making it the 97th largest importer in the world. During the last five years the imports of Venezuela have decreased at an annualized rate of -31.2%, from $58.7B in 2012 to $9.1B in 2017. How much petroleum does the United States import and export? In 2019, the United States imported about 9.10 million barrels per day (MMb/d) of petroleum from nearly 90 countries. Petroleum includes crude oil, hydrocarbon gas liquids, refined petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel fuel, and biofuels (including ethanol and biodiesel). American refiners have dramatically reduced imports of Venezuelan oil, which dropped to a 15-year low of 409,000 barrels a day in February from over 700,000 barrels a day in early 2017. Some