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# US Propane Exports at 1.921 Million b/d, 30% Above the 5-Year Median

_Aug 10, 2026_

> Exports run 30% above the 5-yr median at 1.921 million b/d, Belvieu eases to $0.655/gal and product supplied rebounds 89.4% on the week as US primary stocks reach 103.1 million barrels.

_Numbers as of Aug 10, 2026 pull._

US propane exports ran at **1.921 million barrels per day** in the latest EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report, 30% above the 5-year median even as they pulled back 9% on the week. Mont Belvieu propane fell 3.4% on the week to **$0.655/gal**, 10% below the 5-year median per EIA's daily spot series. Primary stocks stood at 103.1 million barrels as of July 31, covering 166 days of supply at the trailing four-week domestic product-supplied average of 0.620 million barrels per day.


[Chart: US heating degree days (propane-weighted)](https://fill-line.com/heating-demand/us) ([data](https://fill-line.com/heating-demand/us.md) — chart image: https://fill-line.com/charts/issues/propane/2026-08-10/heating-demand/us.png)


- **US demand (product supplied):** 0.909 million b/d, up 89.4% week over week from the prior week's level, 3% above the 5-year median, per EIA's WPSR. The trailing four-week average of 0.620 million b/d is the denominator for the 166-day supply coverage figure.
- **PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) propane stocks:** 66.7 million barrels, 32% above the 5-year median and essentially flat on the week per EIA's WPSR.
- **US propane imports:** 0.062 million b/d, 39% below the 5-year median, down 10% on the week. PADD 2 (Midwest) imports at 0.019 million b/d ran 47% below their 5-year median.
- **PADD 1A (New England) propane stocks:** 0.6 million barrels, up 41.2% week over week and 34% above the 5-year median, per EIA's WPSR.
- **PADD 1C (Lower Atlantic) propane stocks:** 1.5 million barrels, 9% below the 5-year median, the furthest-below-normal reading in this week's EIA data.

EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook projects US propane/propylene inventories of 98.5 million barrels at end of December 2026.

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