Weekly Imports Report

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, DC 20585

OMB No. XXXX-XXXX
Expiration Date: mm/dd/yyyy
Burden: 0.81 hours

EIA-804
WEEKLY IMPORTS REPORT
INSTRUCTIONS

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QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about Form EIA-804 after reading the instructions, please contact the Survey Manager at (202) 287-6323.

PURPOSE
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form EIA-804, Weekly Imports Report, is used to collect data on petroleum imports. A
summary of the data appear on EIA’s website at www.eia.gov and in the EIA publication, Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

WHO MUST SUBMIT
The Form EIA-804 is mandatory under 15 U.S.C. §772(b) and must be completed by Importers of Record (or Ultimate Consignees,
selected by EIA, who receive Canadian imports) who import crude or petroleum products into the 50 States and the District of
Columbia from foreign countries, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other U.S. possessions.

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Companies are selected into the EIA weekly sample according to a procedure that assures coverage of 90 percent of each
information element. Companies selected into the sample must file a report each week even if there were zero imports.
Imports into Foreign Trade Zones located in the 50 States and the District of Columbia are considered imports into the 50 States and
the District of Columbia.
In the case of shipments from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other U.S. possessions to the 50 States and the District of Columbia,
the EIA-804 must be completed by the exporter named on the U.S. Department of Commerce Form 7525-V, Shipper’s Export
Declaration.
Canadian Imports

WHEN TO SUBMIT

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When crude oil or petroleum products are imported from Canada and when the importer of record is a Canadian company, the
Ultimate Consignee must report imports on the EIA-804. For example, when a Canadian shipper is listed as the Importer of Record in
Block 26 of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Form 7501, Entry Summary, the company listed as the Ultimate Consignee
shown in Block 25 of the CF 7501 must report on the EIA-804.

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The Form EIA-804 must be received by EIA by 5 p.m. EST on the Monday following the end of the report period (e.g., the Weekly
Imports Report covering the week ending January 6, 2023 must be received by 5 p.m. EST January 9, 2023).

HOW TO SUBMIT

Instructions on how to report are printed on Part 2 of Form EIA-804.
Secure file transmission (HTTPS) must be used when sending this form to EIA. Secure transmission is an industry standard method
to send information over the internet using encrypted processes. Access the EIA secure transmission site at:
https://signon.eia.doe.gov/upload/noticeoog.jsp

COPIES OF SURVEY FORMS, INSTRUCTIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Copies in spreadsheet format (XLS) are available on EIA's website. You may access the materials at the following link:
https://www.eia.gov/survey/#eia-804
Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data cannot be entered interactively on the website.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Definitions of petroleum products and other terms are available on our website. Please refer to these definitions before completing the
survey form.
Quantities: Report using the following criteria:
Report quantities to the nearest whole number in thousand barrels (42 U.S. gallons/barrel). Quantities ending in 499 or less are
rounded down, and quantities ending in 500 or more are rounded up (e.g., 106,499 barrels are reported as 106 and 106,500 barrels
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are reported as 107).
Report data for only those lines which are applicable to your operation. If the quantity for a product for which you usually report data
is zero, please enter “0". Shaded cells on the form are those in which data are not currently required to be reported.
Report quantities as of 7 a.m. Eastern Time Friday, which is the end of the report period, corrected to 60 degrees Fahrenheit (°F)
less basic sediment and water (BS&W).
PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA
Enter the month, day, and year for which you are filing (e.g., January 6, 2023 is: Month 01 Day 06 Year 23). The weekly report
period begins at 7:01 a.m. EST on Friday and ends at 7:00 a.m. EST on the following Friday.

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Enter the 10-digit EIA ID Number. If you do not have a number, submit your report leaving this field blank. EIA will advise you of
the number.

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If there has been a change since the last report, enter an “X” in the block provided.

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Enter the name of the reporting company.

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Enter the Doing Business As “DBA” name if appropriate.

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Enter the physical address of the reporting company.

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Enter the mailing address of the Contact. (Note: If the physical address and mailing address are the same, provide the
information only for the physical address.)

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Enter the name, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address of the person to contact concerning information shown on the
report. The person listed should be the person most knowledgeable of the specific data reported.

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PART 2. SUBMISSION/RESUBMISSION INFORMATION
Submission

Refer to “How to Submit” section for more details or methods for submitting data.
Resubmission

A resubmission is required whenever an error greater than 5 percent of the true value is discovered by a respondent or if requested
by EIA. Enter "X" in the resubmission box if you are correcting information previously reported.

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Comments

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Report any unusual aspects of your operations during the current reporting period in the Comments section at the bottom of the
form below Parts 1 and 2 on the cover page. Comments will be used in the validation process and should address any data
anomalies that could raise questions requiring contact by survey staff for clarification. Comments will be protected in the same
manner as other information reported on this form as described in detail in “Provisions Regarding Confidentiality of Information”
following Part 4 of these instructions on Page 3.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
PART 3. IMPORTS ACTIVITY

Report only the imports of crude oil and petroleum products that entered the U.S. through Customs during the report week.
Exclude quantities of foreign origin in transit until after they enter the U.S. through Customs.
Report imports that enter bonded storage only when they are withdrawn from storage with duty paid for domestic consumption or
withdrawn free of duty for use as fuel for vessels and aircraft engaged in international trade.
Exclude quantities of foreign origin in transit until after they enter the U.S. through Customs.
For purposes of this report, entry through Customs is said to occur on:
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the “entry date” specified in block 7 on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Form 7501, Entry Summary (the entry date
for a warehouse withdrawal is the date of withdrawal);

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or the “import date” specified in block 5 on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Form 214A (Statistical Copy),
Application for Foreign Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation; or

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the “export date” specified in block 4 on the U.S. Department of Commerce Form 7525-V, Shipper’s Export Declaration, for
shipments from Puerto Rico to the 50 States and the District of Columbia.

Report imports of Crude Oil and Crude Oil for Delivery to U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve as imports of crude oil (Code 020) and
as imports of crude oil for delivery to the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (Code 024).
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Refer to Table 2, “Commodity Names and Product Codes,” of these instructions for information on product classifications. In some
cases, products classified according to their intended end use. For example, naphtha must be reported as gasoline blending
components, special naphtha, petrochemical feedstocks, or unfinished oils. Exclude any products, such as finished petrochemicals,
not listed on table 2 from Form EIA-804.
Report all imports of fuel ethanol (Code 141) intended for blending into gasoline. Include both denatured and undenatured fuel ethanol
intended for blending into gasoline.
Use Table 1 to determine the PAD District classification of each State.
Table 1. State Classification
PAD DISTRICT 1
SUB-PADD 1A

SUB-PADD 1B

SUB-PADD 1C

Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

Delaware
Dist. Columbia
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania

Florida
Georgia
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia

PAD DISTRICT 2

PAD
DISTRICT 3

Nebraska
N. Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma

PAD
DISTRICT 4
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Wyoming

S. Dakota
Tennessee
Wisconsin

PAD
DISTRICT 5

Alaska
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
Oregon
Washington

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Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Texas

Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri

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Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas

Exclude imports to U.S. Territories when reporting on Form EIA-804.

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PART 4. TOTAL U.S. CRUDE OIL IMPORTS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN INFORMATION
Report crude oil imports by country of origin for countries shown on the survey form. If the countries of origin for imports are not
specifically displayed on this survey form, report the imports in Other (Code 777). The sum of the quantities reported for individual
countries plus Other (Code 777) must equal the total U.S. imports reported for Crude Oil (Code 020) in the Total U.S. column in Part 3.

PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
The information reported on this form will be protected and not disclosed to the public to the extent that it satisfies the criteria for
exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552(b), the DOE regulations, 10 C.F.R. §1004.11, implementing the
FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. §1905.
The Federal Energy Administration Act requires EIA to provide company-specific data to other Federal agencies when requested for
official use. The information reported on this form may also be made available, upon request, to another component of the Department
of Energy (DOE); to any Committee of Congress, the Government Accountability Office, or other Federal agencies authorized by law to
receive such information. A court of competent jurisdiction may obtain this information in response to an order. The information may be
used for any nonstatistical purposes such as administrative, regulatory, law enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.
Disclosure limitation procedures are not applied to the statistical data published from this survey's information. Thus, there may be
some statistics that are based on data from fewer than three respondents, or that are dominated by data from one or two large
respondents. In these cases, it may be possible for a knowledgeable person to estimate the information reported by a specific
respondent.
Company specific data are also provided to other DOE offices for the purpose of examining specific petroleum operations in the context
of emergency response planning and actual emergencies.

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SANCTIONS
The timely submission of Form EIA-804 by those required to report is mandatory under 15 U.S.C. §772(b), as amended. Failure to
respond may result in a civil penalty of not more than $10,633 each day for each violation. The government may bring a civil action
to prohibit reporting violations which may result in a temporary restraining order or a preliminary or permanent injunction without
bond. In such civil action, the court may also issue mandatory injunctions commanding any person to comply with these reporting
requirements.

FILING FORMS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ESTIMATED REPORTING BURDEN

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Respondents are not required to file or reply to any Federal collection of information unless it has a valid OMB control number.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.75 hours per response, including the time of reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection
of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information including
suggestions for reducing this burden to: Energy Information Administration, Office of Statistical Methods and Research, EI-21, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20585; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

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Table 2. Commodity Names and Product Codes
Commodity
Description

EIA-814
Product
Code
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020
020

EIA-804
Product
Code
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020
024

203
141
205
207

666
141
666
666

250
631
253
634
220
252
633
251
632

242
242
242
242
242
242
242
246
246

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(An asterisk (*) indicates that name and location of processing
company is required on the EIA-814)
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Crude Oil *
Crude Oil for Delivery to U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve*
Biofuels and Fuels from Non-Biogenic Waste
Biodiesel
Fuel Ethanol
Renewable Diesel Fuel
Other Biofuels and Biointermediates (not elsewhere specified or identified)
Natural Gas Liquids and Refinery Olefins
Ethane
Ethylene
Isobutane
Isobutylene
Natural Gasoline
Normal Butane
Normal Butylene
Propane
Propylene
Petroleum Products
Asphalt and Road Oil
Aviation Gasoline
Aviation Gasoline Blending Components
Distillate Fuel Oil, Bonded 15 ppm Sulfur and Under
Distillate Fuel Oil, Bonded Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm Sulfur (inclusive)
Distillate Fuel Oil, Bonded Greater than 2000 ppm Sulfur
Distillate Fuel Oil, Bonded Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm Sulfur (inclusive)
Distillate Fuel Oil, Other 15 ppm Sulfur and Under
Distillate Fuel Oil, Other Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm Sulfur (inclusive)
Distillate Fuel Oil, Other Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm Sulfur (inclusive)
Distillate Fuel Oil, Other Greater than 2000 ppm Sulfur
Hydrogen
Kerosene
Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel, Bonded
Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel, Other
Lubricants
Miscellaneous Products
Motor Fuels, Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (CBOB)
Motor Fuels, Conventional Gasoline Blended with Fuel Ethanol Ed55 and Lower
Motor Fuels, Conventional Gasoline Blended with Fuel Ethanol Greater than Ed55
Motor Fuels, Conventional, Other
Motor Fuels, Gasoline Treated as Blendstock (GTAB)
Motor Fuels, Other Motor Gasoline Blending Components
Motor Fuels, Reformulated Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending (RBOB)
Motor Fuels, Reformulated, Blended with Fuel Ethanol
Motor Fuels, Reformulated, Other
Other Hydrocarbons
Petrochemical Feedstocks, Naphtha less than 401 F endpoint
Petrochemical Feedstocks, Other Oils equal to or greater than 401 F endpoint
Petroleum Coke
Residual Fuel Oil, Bonded
Residual Fuel Oil, Other
Special Naphthas
Wax
Unfinished Oils
Heavy Gas Oil (651 F - 1000 F endpoint)*
Kerosene and Light Gas Oil (401 F - 650 F endpoint)*
Naphthas and Lighter (less than 401 F endpoint)*
Residuum (greater than 1000 F endpoint)*

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931
111
112
457
458
460
459
465
466
467
468
091
311
216
213
854
888
139
166
149
130
117
138
118
125
127
093
822
824
021
516
511
051
070

666
666
666
465
466
468
467
465
466
467
468
666
311
213
213
666
666
139
166
149
130
117
138
118
125
127
666
666
666
666
511
511
666
666

840
830
820
850

666
666
666
666

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