Petroleum Supply Reporting System

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY IN FORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, D. C. 20585

OMB No. 1905-0165
Expiration Date: 12/31/09
(Revised 2006)

EIA-804
WEEKLY IMPORTS REPORT
INSTRUCTIONS
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about Form EIA-804 after reading the
instructions, please contact the Form Manager at
(202) 586-9612 or (202) 586-4522.

January 12, 2007 must be received by 5 p.m. EST
January 15, 2007).

HOW TO SUBMIT
Instructions on how to report via fax, secure file transfer, or
e-mail are printed on PART 2 of Form EIA-804.

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

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Secure File Transfer: This form may be submitted to the
EIA by fax, e-mail, or secure file transfer. Should you
choose to submit your data via e-mail or facsimile, we
must advise you that e-mail and facsimile are insecure
means of transmission because the data are not
encrypted, and there is some possibility that your data
could be compromised. You can also send your Excel files
to EIA using a secure method of transmission: HTTPS.
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or later. Send your surveys using this secure method to:
https://idc.eia.doe.gov/upload/noticeoog.jsp.

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Electronic Filing Option: The PC Electronic Data
Reporting Option (PEDRO) is a Windows-based
application that will enable you to enter data
interactively, import data from your own database,
validate your data online, and transmit the encrypted data
electronically to EIA via the Internet or a dial-up modem. If
you are interested in receiving this free software, contact
the Electronic Data Collection Support Staff at
(202) 586-9659.

WHO MUST SUBMIT
The Form EIA-804 is mandatory pursuant to Section 13(b) of
the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law
93-275) 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.
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 crude oil or petroleum products are imported from
Canada and when the shipper of the import 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 11 of the Customs Form
CF 7501, “Entry Summary,” the company listed as the
Ultimate Consignee shown in Block 9 of the CF 7501 must
report on the EIA-804.

COPIES OF SURVEY FORMS, INSTRUCTIONS
AND DEFINITIONS
Copies in portable document format (PDF) and spreadsheet
format (XLS) are available on EIA's website at:
www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/survey_forms/pet_survey_forms.html

You may also access the materials by following the steps
below:
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Go to EIA's website at www.eia.doe.gov
Click on Petroleum
Click on Petroleum Survey Forms located in the
References box on the right side of the page
Select the materials you want.

WHEN TO SUBMIT

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The Form EIA-804 must be received by the 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

Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data cannot
be entered interactively on the website.

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fuel for vessels and aircraft engaged in international trade.
Exclude quantities of foreign origin in transit.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Definitions of petroleum products and other terms are available
on our website. Please refer to these definitions before
completing the survey form.

For purposes of this report, “after entry through Customs” is
said to occur on:
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the “entry date” specified on the U.S. Customs Form CF
7501, “Entry Summary;” or

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the “date of withdrawal conditionally free of duty”
specified on U.S. Customs Form CF 7501, “Entry
Summary;” or

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the “import date” specified on the U.S. Customs Form
CF 214, “Application for Foreign Trade Zone Admission
and/or Status Designation;” or

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the “date of exportation” specific 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.

PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA
• Enter the month, day, and year for which you are filing
(e.g., January 12, 2007 is: Month 01 Day 12 Year 07). 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.
• 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.
• Enter the name and address of the company filing the
report. If there has been a change since the last report,
enter an “X” in the block provided.
ƒ 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. Check the
box provided if the contact information is different from the
prior week.
PART 2. SUBMISSION/RESUBMISSION INFORMATON
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 the EIA.
Enter "X" in the resubmission box if you are correcting
information previously reported.
Identify only those data cells and lines which are affected by the
changes. You are not required to file a complete form when you
resubmit, but be sure to complete the EIA ID number, the report
period for which you are resubmitting and contact information.

• Include ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), methyl tertiary butyl
ether (MTBE), tertiary amyl methyl ether (TAME), tertiary
butyl alcohol (TBA), fuel ethanol, and other aliphatic alcohols
and ethers as “Other Petroleum Imports” (Code 666), not as
motor gasoline blending components. Do not report imports
of methanol.
• Table 2 lists products and codes for the EIA-804, “Weekly
Imports Report”, and corresponding codes that are used on
the EIA-814, “Monthly Imports Report”, e.g., ethane that is
reported as product code 110 on the EIA-814 should be
reported on the EIA-804 under product code 230 (Liquified
Petroleum Gases).
• Report data only for those PAD Districts which are applicable
to your operation. If the quantity for a category 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.
Use Table 1 to determine the PAD District classification of each
State.
Table 1. State Classification

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
PAD DISTRICT 1
PART 3. IMPORTS ACTIVITY
New England
SUB-PADD 1A

Quantities: Report using the following criteria.
• Report only the imports of crude oil and petroleum
products that occurred during the report week.
• Report all 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 are
reported as 107).

Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont

• Report quantities corrected to 60 degrees Fahrenheit (F)
less basic sediment and water (BS&W).
• Imports that enter bonded storage should be reported only
when they are withdrawn from storage with duty paid for
domestic consumption or withdrawn free of duty for use as
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Central Atlantic
SUB-PADD 1B
Delaware
Dist. Columbia
Maryland
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania

Lower Atlantic
SUB-PADD 1C
Florida
Georgia
N. Carolina
S. Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia

PAD
DISTRICT 2
I Illinois
I Indiana
I Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky

PAD
DISTRICT 3
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Texas

Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
N. Dakota

PAD
DISTRICT 4
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Wyoming

Ohio
Oklahoma
S. Dakota
Tennessee
Wisconsin

PAD
DISTRICT 5
Alaska
Arizona
California
Hawaii
Nevada
Oregon
Washington

PART 4. TOTAL U.S. CRUDE OIL IMPORTS BY COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN
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 (Code 999) in Part B.

PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION

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.

SANCTIONS
The timely submission of Form EIA-804 by those required to
report is mandatory under Section 13(b) of the Federal Energy
Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA) (Public Law 93-275), as
amended. Failure to respond may result in a civil penalty of not
more than $2,750 per day for each violation, or a fine of not
more than $5,000 per day for each criminal 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
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 hour and 35 minutes 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, Statistics and Methods Group, EI-70, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585; and to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

The information contained on this form will be kept confidential
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, the DOE regulations, 10 C.F.R.
§1004.11, implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act,
18 U.S.C §1905. The Energy Information Administration (EIA)
will protect your information in accordance with its
confidentiality and security policies and procedures.
The Federal Energy Administration Act requires the 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 General Accounting 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.
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Table 2. Commodity Abbreviations and Product Codes
Commodity
Description

(An asterisk (*) indicates that name and location of processing
company is required on the EIA-814)
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Crude Oil *
Unfinished Oils, Naphthas and Lighter (less than 401 F endpoint) *
Unfinished Oils, Kerosene and Light Gas Oil (401 F - 650 F endpoint) *
Unfinished Oils, Heavy Gas Oil (651 F - 1000 F endpoint) *
Unfinished Oils, Residuum (greater than 1000 F endpoint) *
Asphalt and Road Oil
Aviation Gasoline
Aviation Gasoline Blending Components *
Butylene
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 500 ppm to 2000 ppm Sulfur (inclusive)
Distillate Fuel Oil, Bonded Greater than 2000 ppm Sulfur
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
Ethane
Ethylene
Isobutane
Isobutylene
Kerosene
Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel, Bonded
Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel, Other
Lubricants
Miscellaneous Products
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, RBOB for Blending with Ether *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, RBOB for Blending with Alcohol *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, CBOB *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, GTAB, Reformulated *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, GTAB, Conventional *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, All Other *
Motor Gasoline, Reformulated, Blended with Ether
Motor Gasoline, Reformulated, Blended with Alcohol
Motor Gasoline, Reformulated, Non-Oxygenated
Motor Gasoline, Conventional, Blended with Alcohol
Motor Gasoline, Conventional, Other
Normal Butane
Other Hydrocarbons/Hydrogen *
Oxygenates, Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE) *
Oxygenates, Fuel Ethanol (FE) *
Oxygenates, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) *
Oxygenates, All Other *
Pentanes Plus
Petrochemical Feedstocks, Naphtha less than 401 F endpoint
Petrochemical Feedstocks, Other Oils equal to or greater than 401 F endpoint
Petroleum Coke
Propane
Propylene
Residual Fuel Oil, Bonded
Residual Fuel Oil, Other
Special Naphthas
Wax

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EIA-8 14
Commodity
Abbreviation
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CRUDE
UNAPH
ULITE
UHEVY
URSID
ASPHL
AVGAS
AVGBC
BUTL
BDISU
BDISL
BDISH
BDISG
DISU
DISL
DISH
DISG
ETHN
ETHL
ISBTN
ISBTL
KERO
BKERJ
KEROJ
LUBES
MISC
RBOBE
RBOBA
CBOB
GTABR
GTABC
BCOTH
MGRFE
MGRFA
MGRNO
MGCWA
MGCOT
BUTN
OHCHY
ETBE
FETH
MTBE
OXYG
PENT+
NFEED
OFEED
COKE
PROP
PROPL
BRESD
RESID
SNAPH
WAX

EIA-814
Product
Code
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020
820
830
840
850
931
111
112
633
457
458
459
460
465
466
467
468
110
631
233
634
311
216
213
854
888
122
123
139
120
121
138
124
125
126
128
130
232
094
142
141
144
445
220
822
824
021
231
632
516
511
051
070

EIA-804
Product
Code
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020
666
666
666
666
666
666
666
230
465
466
467
468
465
466
467
468
230
230
230
230
666
213
213
666
666
122
123
139
120
121
138
124
125
126
128
130
230
666
666
666
666
666
666
666
666
666
231
231
511
511
666
666