PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1994 - MARCH 1995 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

                                  
         Total Energy-Related    
         Petroleum Products (1)    C R U D E   P E T R O L E U M
                                                                                     
                                              1,000 of
           Quantity     Value      Quantity   barrels     Value      Unit
          (1,000 of   (1,000 of    (1,000 of  per day   (1,000 of   price
 Period    barrels)    dollars)    barrels)  (average)   dollars)    ($)
                                 
1994                                                                
                                                        
Jan - Dec  3,421,210  49,578,627   2,704,208     7,409  38,463,525   14.22
Jan - Mar    802,232   9,942,098     599,552     6,662   7,074,750   11.80
January      255,341   3,055,545     195,116     6,294   2,264,555   11.61
February     253,289   3,232,883     182,491     6,518   2,194,646   12.03
March        293,602   3,653,670     221,945     7,160   2,615,549   11.78
April        278,798   3,692,792     218,015     7,267   2,784,967   12.77
May          281,445   4,032,204     217,140     7,005   3,048,080   14.04
June         306,663   4,697,954     249,287     8,310   3,773,009   15.14
                                 
July         309,605   5,026,824     245,858     7,931   3,948,804   16.06
August       309,744   5,062,672     241,388     7,787   3,863,535   16.01
September    310,784   4,709,013     260,838     8,695   3,919,115   15.03
October      270,244   4,034,028     221,881     7,157   3,291,364   14.83
November     281,980   4,358,642     229,632     7,654   3,514,576   15.31
December     269,715   4,022,400     220,617     7,117   3,245,325   14.71
                                 
1995                             
                                 
Jan - Mar    786,761  12,321,212     643,012     7,145   9,934,615   15.45
January      257,603   3,937,779     209,571     6,760   3,152,996   15.05
February     239,834   3,781,977     192,613     6,879   2,985,652   15.50
March        289,324   4,601,456     240,828     7,769   3,795,967   15.76
April                            
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November                         
December                              

(1) Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not 
    available on a Balance of Payments Basis.  These products include 
    the following SITC commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum 
    preparations, and liquified propane and butane gas.  See exhibit 
    16 under Mineral fuel for SITC system detail.



SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-95-96), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MARCH 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.


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