#StraitOfHormz

The Strait of Hormuz: Oil Flow by Country

ORIGIN (Exporting Countries)

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia โ†’ 5.29 mb/d (37.2%)

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq โ†’ 3.24 mb/d (22.8%)

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช UAE โ†’ 1.83 mb/d (12.9%)

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran โ†’ 1.51 mb/d (10.6%)

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait โ†’ 1.43 mb/d (10.1%)

๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar โ†’ 0.63 mb/d (4.4%)

๐ŸŒ Other โ†’ 0.28 mb/d (1.9%)

DESTINATION (Importing Countries)

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China โ†’ 5.35 mb/d (37.7%)

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India โ†’ 2.09 mb/d (14.7%)

๐ŸŒ Other Asian Countries โ†’ 1.98 mb/d (13.9%)

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea โ†’ 1.70 mb/d (12.0%)

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan โ†’ 1.55 mb/d (10.9%)

๐ŸŒ Other โ†’ 0.64 mb/d (4.5%)

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ Europe โ†’ 0.53 mb/d (3.8%)

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States โ†’ 0.36 mb/d (2.5%)

Total Oil Flow โ†’ 14.22 mb/d

Around 25% of the worldโ€™s maritime oil trade passes through the Strait of Hormuz.

mb/d = million barrels per day

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Vortexa