Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§8573 Report on Iranian petroleum and petroleum products exports

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 92— - COMPREHENSIVE IRAN SANCTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND DIVESTMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - STOP HARBORING IRANIAN PETROLEUM › § 8573

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Energy Information Administration must send Congress a report no later than 120 days after April 24, 2024, and then once a year after that until the President makes the certification described in section 8572(i). The report must analyze Iran’s growing exports of oil and oil products. It must give yearly figures since 2018 for export revenue; barrels exported overall, to China, and to other countries; and average price per barrel overall and to China. It must describe Iran’s labeling of shipments and list the companies, ships, and ports involved. The unclassified report must be posted on the EIA website, and a classified annex is allowed.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §8573

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(a)Not later than 120 days after April 24, 2024, and annually thereafter until the date described in subsection (d), the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing Iran’s growing exports of petroleum and petroleum products, that includes the following:
(1)An analysis of Iran’s exports and sale of petroleum and petroleum products, including—
(A)an estimate of Iran’s petroleum export and sale revenue per year since 2018;
(B)an estimate of Iran’s petroleum export and sale revenue to China per year since 2018;
(C)the amount of petroleum and crude oil barrels exported per year since 2018;
(D)the amount of petroleum and crude oil barrels exported to China per year since 2018;
(E)the amount of petroleum and crude oil barrels exported to countries other than China per year since 2018;
(F)the average price per petroleum and crude oil barrel exported per year since 2018; and
(G)the average price per petroleum and crude oil barrel exported to China per year since 2018.
(2)An analysis of Iran’s labeling practices of exported petroleum and petroleum products.
(3)A description of companies involved in the exporting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petroleum products.
(4)A description of ships involved in the exporting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petroleum products.
(5)A description of ports involved in the exporting and sale of Iranian petroleum and petroleum products.
(b)The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(c)The unclassified portion of the report required by subsection (a) shall be posted on a publicly available website of the Energy Information Administration.
(d)The requirement to submit reports under this section shall be terminated on the date on which the President makes the certification described in section 8572(i) of this title.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum Act, also known as the SHIP Act, and not as part of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 8573

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73