• Increased crude petroleum and 30-year high natural gas prices were the main contributors to a large surge in energy product inputs.

• Crude petroleum and natural gas imports accounted for more than 30 percent of the increase in total U.S. imports in 2003.

• The 2003 U.S. trade deficit in energy products was more than double the 1999 deficit.

• U.S. trade deficit: Increased by $35.2 billion (37 percent) to $130.5 billion
• U.S. exports: Increased by $2.2 billion (15 percent) to $16.6 billion
• U.S. imports: Increased by $37.5 billion (34 percent) to $147.2 billion
• Crude petroleum, petroleum products, and natural gas and components exhibited the largest shifts.

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