I am regularly asked what is the status of the relationship between US and Venezuela. Depending on the level of foreign affairs knowledge of the audience I answer a little differently, but I do add that through the diplomatic dialogue and media statements AND sanctions imposed by the US, the oil trade continues without skipping a beat and that Venezuela is one of the top sources of US’s imported petroleum products. The full list is here but the top of the list of sources of imported (ignoring domestic production completely for now) petroleum products (mostly crude) are:
| Total | ~9MM bbl/d |
| Canada | 37% |
| Saudia Arabia | 13% |
| Mexico | 9% |
| Venezuela | 9% |
| Russia | 4% |
May be interesting for some to see that the US does plenty of business with “bad” countries as well, just does not advertise its activities.