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On the recordMarch 12, 1931
We import approximately 105 million barrels of petroleum and its products per annum and export about 156 million barrels, the imports coming largely from certain South American and Mexican oil pools.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Oil Imports and Production

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