Commodity - US crude exports reached 1.73m bpd in Oct.

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

US crude oil exports reached 1.73 million barrels per day in October compared with 1.47 million bpd in September, foreign trade data from the US Census Bureau showed this week.

Exports reached 22 different countries in the month, including top destinations of Canada (279,000 bpd), China (448,000 bpd) and the Netherlands (181,000 bpd). US exports left to Poland, Togo, Turkey and Trinidad and Tobago for the first time, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration. Domestic exports totaled nearly 1.68 million bpd, while foreign exports totaled 52,675 bpd.