[defenderSD]

I don't know what to make of those gasoline import statistics for South Korea. They look like official US government statistics, but I think they are incorrect. They look very low compared to other articles I've read. Those stats say we're importing more gasoline from Lithuania than from South Korea...lol. Here's an article from May 2004 on Bloomberg that says we imported a million barrels of gasoline from South Korea in April of 2004. I would think today we're importing just as much, but I'll have to do some more research.

[thackney]

I don't know what to make of those gasoline import statistics for South Korea. They look like official US government statistics, but I think they are incorrect.

I have a lot of faith in the data from the Energy Information Administration. It is part of the Department of Energy. It's data come from very reliable sources at it is used for taxes and import levies. The EIA is widely referenced by many reporting agencies and publications.

My guess, and only a guess, is that this report published May 4th was written in April. When it states last month, the author was probably talking about March, not April. In April there was ~1,000,000 gallons deliveried. I suspect somewhere the data was converted from barrels into gallons twice. The article states "South Korean gasoline exports to the U.S. west coast soared last month", this was not a normal import level. The the average over a year or two does not come close to this level.

But I would like to see any other data you come across.