The highest volume of petroleum import from non-OPEC countries in the first seven months of 2016 was recorded in January (6.683 million barrels per day), while the lowest level was observed in March (6.426 million barrels per day), according to the EIA.
This figure averaged at 6.554 million barrels per day in 2015, as compared to 6.004 million barrels per day in 2014.
Oil production from countries outside the OPEC currently represents about 60 percent of world oil output, according to the EIA.
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