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How much (in $) refined product do we then export? Crude is not gasoline or plastic.



Some misc data on that:

"America is still the world's largest importer of crude oil. From January to October, the country imported 2.7 billion barrels of oil worth roughly $280 billion."

"Fuel exports, worth an estimated $88 billion in 2011 ..."

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/story/2011-1...

From what I could find, we export around $30x billion worth of plastic per year, and import around $12 to $15 billion worth of plastics.




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