Shafaq News/ Iraq, OPEC's second-largest exporter, had its exports to the United States, the world's second-largest importer, surge last week.

Data obtained by Shafaq News Agency from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed that the United States imported 5.677 million bpd of crude from eight countries last week.

The US daily crude imports averaged 201 million bpd from Iraq during this period.

Canada remains the top boost of the U.S. oil imports with 3.707 million bpd, followed by Mexico (909 million bpd), then Saudi Arabia 453 million bpd).