Supply
Below normalUS propane imports
Weekly propane/propylene imports by region, thousand barrels per day (kb/d)
Data through Aug 28, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Sep 2, 2026
Cite
- US
- PADD 1 (East Coast)
- PADD 2 (Midwest)
- PADD 3 (Gulf Coast)
- PADD 4-5 (Rockies and West Coast)
About this data
- Source
- EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report
- Series
- Propane and propylene supply (production, exports, imports, product supplied)
- Geography
- United States
- Unit
- kb/d
- Calculation
- Weekly balance
- Last observation
- Aug 28, 2026
- Update frequency
- Weekly
Now 0.066 million b/d, 18.5% below the 5-yr median.
US propane imports fell to 0.066 million barrels per day, down 19.5% from the prior week. The level sits 18.5% below the five-year median, while year-over-year imports are also 14.3% lower.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | 66 kb/d | 82 kb/d | -19.5% |
| vs 4 weeks ago | 66 kb/d | 62 kb/d | +6.5% |
| Year over year | 66 kb/d | 77 kb/d | -14.3% |
| vs 5-yr median | 66 kb/d | 81 kb/d | -18.5% |
Previous weeks
Week of Aug 21, 2026
US propane imports fell to 0.082 million barrels per day in the week ended August 21, down 21.9% from the prior week. Imports sit 12.3% above the 5-year median.
An earlier week
US propane imports rose to 0.105 million barrels per day, up from 0.101 million barrels per day a week prior. Imports sit 31.3% above the 5-year median, with the Rockies and West Coast contributing 0.049 million barrels per day, the Midwest 0.040 million barrels per day, and the East Coast 0.017 million barrels per day; the Gulf Coast read zero.
An earlier week
US propane imports fell to 0.062 million barrels per day in the week ended July 31, down 0.007 million barrels per day from the prior week. Imports remain 38.6% below the 5-year median, tracking a year-over-year decline of 39% as overseas supply stays constrained.
About US propane imports
This is weekly US propane and propylene imports, in thousand barrels per day, from EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Imports are the smallest of the three supply-side series this site tracks, usually a fraction of exports, and they arrive mainly by pipeline from Canada into the Midwest and East Coast, with some marine cargoes landing directly at Northeast terminals when regional supply runs tight.
Their effect on retail prices is regional and marginal rather than national: a Northeast winter with healthy import flows has an easier time meeting demand than one relying only on barrels shipped up from the Gulf Coast, which eases pressure on East Coast stocks and the East Coast retail price specifically. Imports rarely move the national Mont Belvieu benchmark, which is set by the much larger domestic production and export flows.
EIA publishes this figure each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Eastern in the Weekly Petroleum Status Report, for the week ended the prior Friday, alongside production and exports. Most of the volume enters by pipeline connections with Canada into the Northeast and the Great Lakes region; the rest is occasional marine cargoes, more common when a cold snap outruns what pipeline and rail alone can deliver in time.