Weekly Imports Report

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

OMB No. 1905-0165
Expiration Date: 8/31/19
Burden: 1.75 hours

EIA-804
WEEKLY IMPORTS REPORT
INSTRUCTIONS
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QUESTIONS
HOW TO SUBMIT
If you have any questions about Form EIA-804 after reading the
instructions, please contact the Survey Manager at (202) 5864615.

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
https://www.eia.gov and in the EIA publication, Weekly
Petroleum Status Report.

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.

Instructions on how to report are printed on PART 2 of Form
EIA-804.
We recommend secure file transmission (HTTPS) for companies
to use 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.
Other methods of sending this form to EIA include the PC
Electronic Data Reporting Option (PEDRO), mail, and facsimile.
PEDRO is a Windows-based application that enables 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. If you are interested in receiving this free
software, contact the Electronic Data Collection Support Staff at
(202) 586-9659.
Email may be used for sending PDF forms, but EIA cannot
accept Excel files sent by email. Should you choose to submit
your PDF data by email, we must advise you that e-mail is an
insecure means of transmission because the data are not
encrypted, and there is some possibility that your data could be
compromised.

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.

COPIES OF SURVEY FORMS, INSTRUCTIONS
AND DEFINITIONS

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.

Copies in portable document format (PDF) and spreadsheet
format (XLS) are available on EIA's website. You may
access the materials at the following link:

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.”

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
Canadian Imports
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.

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

WHEN TO SUBMIT
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 January 1,
2016 must be received by 5 p.m. EST January 4, 2016).

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PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA
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Enter the month, day, and year for which you are filing
(e.g., January 1, 2016 is: Month 01 Day 01 Year 16). 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.

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 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).
Report quantities corrected to 60 degrees Fahrenheit (ºF) less
basic sediment and water (BS&W).
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.

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 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.
Comments
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 3 of
these instructions on Page 3.

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).
Refer to Table 2 “Commodity Abbreviations 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.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
PART 3. IMPORTS ACTIVITY
Quantities: Report using the following criteria.

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Use Table 1 to determine the PAD District classification of each
State.
Table1. 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
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas

PAD
DISTRICT 3
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Mexico
Texas

Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri

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

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

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 1.75 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
Survey Development and Statistical Integration, EI-21, 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.

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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 *
Crude Oil for Delivery to U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve*
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

EIA-8 14
Commodity
Abbreviation
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CRUDE
CRSPR
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

EIA-814
Product
Code
======
020
020
820
830
840
850
931
111
112
633
457
458
459
460
465
466
467
468
250
631
253
634
311
216
213
854
888

EIA-804
Product
Code
======
020
024
666
666
666
666
666
666
666
242
465
466
467
468
465
466
467
468
242
242
242
242
311
213
213
666
666

Motor Gasoline Blending Components, RBOB *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, CBOB *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, GTAB, *
Motor Gasoline Blending Components, All Other *
Motor Gasoline, Finished, Reformulated (Other)
Motor Gasoline, Finished. Reformulated (Blended with Fuel Ethanol)
Motor Gasoline, Finished, Conventional, Ed 55 & Lower
Motor Gasoline, Finished, Conventional, Greater than Ed 55
Motor Gasoline, Finished, Conventional (Other)

RBOB
CBOB
GTAB
BCOTH
MGRF
MGRFA
MG<55
MG>55
MGCOT

118
139
117
138
127
125
166
149
130

118
139
117
138
127
125
166
149
130

Normal Butane
Other Hydrocarbons
Hydrogen
Renewable Fuel, Biomass Based Diesel
Renewable Fuel, Other Renewable Diesel Fuel
Renewable Fuel, Other
Oxygenates, Fuel Ethanol (FE)
Oxygenates, Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE)
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

BUTN
OHCHY
HYDGN
RBDISL
RDISL
RNFOT
FETH
ETBE
MTBE
OXYG
PENT+
NFEED
OFEED
COKE
PROP
PROPL
BRESD
RESID
SNAPH
WAX

252
093
091
203
205
207
141
142
144
445
220
822
824
021
251
632
516
511
051
070

242
666
666
666
666
666
141
666
666
666
242
666
666
666
246
246
511
511
666
666

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