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This excerpt taken from the PBR 20-F filed Jun 30, 2005. IMPORTS OF CRUDE OIL BY REGION
In 2004, our total costs of imports of crude oil from all these regions was U.S.$5,191 million, as compared to U.S.$3,541 million in 2003 and U.S.$3,162 million in 2002.
We purchased approximately 17.7% of our 2004 crude oil imports and 23.4% of our 2003 crude oil imports pursuant to one-year term contracts, which are considered to be long-term contracts within the industry standard practice. During 2004 we had one long-term contract providing for the supply of crude oil to us in Brazil with suppliers from Saudi Arabia. This contract was renewed under the same terms and will expire on January 31, 2006. We are also a significant buyer of crude oil and oil products from suppliers in the international spot market.
The volume of imports of oil products also decreased to 109,981 barrels per day in 2004, as compared to 121,827 barrels per day in 2003 and 215,121 barrels per day in 2002, primarily as a result of the increase in the domestic refinery production. The following table sets forth the volume of oil products that we imported during each of 2004, 2003 and 2002:
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