energy imports
Foreign fuel purchases
Energy imports are fuel and power sources brought into a country from abroad—oil, natural gas, coal, or electricity purchased from foreign suppliers.
Nations track energy imports as a measure of economic dependency: The country reduced its energy imports by expanding domestic solar production.
The term often appears in discussions of trade deficits and national security.
- pipelinesTubes for transporting fluids
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- interconnectorsDevices joining separate networks
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