Energy Overview fuels…

Energy Overview                                                  fuels, lubricants, and related material. "Non-Energy Balance"
                                                                 and "Total Merchandise" include foreign exports (i.e.,
                                                                 re-exports) and nonmonetary gold and Department of
Note 1. Primary Energy Production. Primary energy
                                                                 Defense Grant-Aid shipments. The "Non-Energy Balance"
production consists of coal production, waste coal supplied,
                                                                 is calculated by subtracting the "Energy" from the "Total
and coal refuse recovery; crude oil and lease condensate
                                                                 Merchandise Balance."
production; natural gas plant liquids production; natural gas
(dry) production; nuclear electricity net generation
(converted to Btu using the nuclear plants heat rate);           "Imports" consist of government and nongovernment
conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to       shipments of merchandise into the 50 States, the District of
Btu using the fossil-fueled plants heat rate); geothermal        Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the
electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the           U.S. Foreign Trade Zones. They reflect the total arrival
geothermal plants heat rate), geothermal heat pump energy,       from foreign countries of merchandise that immediately
and geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photo-       entered consumption channels, warehouses, the Foreign
voltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the   Trade Zones, or the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. They
fossil-fueled plants heat rate), and solar thermal direct use    exclude shipments between the United States, Puerto Rico,
energy; wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu        and U.S. possessions, shipments to U.S. Armed Forces and
using the fossil-fueled plants heat rate); wood and wood-        diplomatic missions abroad for their own use, U.S. goods
derived fuels consumption; biomass waste (municipal solid        returned to the United States by its Armed Forces, and
waste from biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste,         in-transit shipments.
agricultural byproducts, and other biomass) consumption;
and biofuels feedstock (biomass inputs to the production of
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fuel ethanol and biodiesel).

Note 2. Primary Energy Consumption. Primary energy               U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census,
consumption consists of coal consumption; coal coke net          Foreign Trade Division:
imports; petroleum consumption (petroleum products
supplied, including natural gas plant liquids and crude oil      Petroleum Exports
burned as fuel, but excluding ethanol blended into motor
gasoline); natural gas (excluding supplemental gaseous           1974-1987: "U.S. Exports," FT410, December issues.
fuels) consumption; nuclear electricity net generation           1988 and 1989: "Report on U.S. Merchandise Trade," Final
(converted to Btu using the nuclear plants heat rate);           Revisions.
conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to       1990-1992: "U.S. Merchandise Trade," Final Report.
Btu using the fossil-fueled plants heat rate); geothermal        1993-2006: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and
electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the           Services," Annual Revision.
geothermal plants heat rate), and geothermal heat pump and       2007 and 2008: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and
geothermal direct use energy; solar thermal and photovoltaic     Services," FT-900, monthly.
electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the fossil-
fueled plants heat rate), and solar thermal direct use energy;
wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the      Petroleum Imports
fossil-fueled plants heat rate); wood and wood-derived fuels
consumption; biomass waste (municipal solid waste from           1974-1987: "U.S. Merchandise Trade," FT900, December
biogenic sources, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural       issues, 1975-1988.
byproducts, and other biomass) consumption; fuel ethanol         1988 and 1989: "Report on U.S. Merchandise Trade," Final
and biodiesel consumption; losses and co-products from the       Revisions.
production of fuel ethanol and biodiesel; and electricity net    1990-1993: "U.S. Merchandise Trade," Final Report.
imports (converted to Btu using the electricity heat content     1994-2006: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and
of 3,412 Btu per kilowatthour).                                  Services," Annual Revision.
                                                                 2007 and 2008: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and
                                                                 Services," FT-900, monthly.
Note 3 . Merchandise Trade Value. Import data presented
are based on the customs value. That value does not include
insurance and freight and is consequently lower than the         Energy Exports and Imports
cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) value, which is also
reported by the Bureau of the Census. All export data, and       1974-1987: U.S. merchandise trade press releases and
import data prior to 1981, are on a free alongside ship          database printouts for adjustments.
(f.a.s.) basis.                                                  1988: January-July, monthly FT-900 supplement, 1989
                                                                 issues. August-December, monthly FT-900, 1989 issues.
"Balance" is exports minus imports; a positive balance           1989: Monthly FT-900, 1990 issues.
indicates a surplus trade value and a negative balance           1990-1992: "U.S. Merchandise Trade," Final Report.
indicates a deficit trade value. "Energy" includes mineral       1993-2006: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and

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Services," Annual Revision.                                   1988: "Report on U.S. Merchandise Trade, 1988 Final
2007 and 2008: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and         Revisions," August 18, 1989.
Services," FT-900, monthly.                                   1989: "Report on U.S. Merchandise Trade, 1989
                                                              Revisions," July 10, 1990. 1990: "U.S. Merchandise Trade,
Petroleum, Energy, and Non-Energy Balances                    1990 Final Report," May 10, 1991, and "U.S. Merchandise
                                                              Trade, December 1992," February 18, 1993, page 3 .
Calculated by the Energy Information Administration.
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                                                              1991: "U.S. Merchandise Trade, 1992 Final Report," May
                                                              12, 1993.
Total Merchandise                                             1992-2006: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and
                                                              Services," Annual Revision .
                                                                                         .


1974-1987: U.S. merchandise trade press releases and          2007 and 2008: "U.S. International Trade in Goods and
database printouts for adjustments.                           Services," FT-900, monthly.




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