
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1994 - JULY 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's of
           Quantity     Value       Quantity   barrels    Value      Unit
         (1,000's of (1,000's of  (1,000's of  per day (1,000's of  Price
 Period    barrels)    dollars)     barrels)  (average)  dollars)    ($)

1994                                                                

Jan - Dec  3,416,045  49,533,309    2,704,196    7,409  38,479,418   14.23
Jan - Jul  1,975,771  27,408,126    1,530,243    7,218  20,675,655   13.51
January      267,794   3,210,254      205,957    6,644   2,397,727   11.64
February     246,832   3,168,016      176,918    6,319   2,138,125   12.09
March        291,130   3,620,222      219,839    7,092   2,585,417   11.76
April        276,807   3,689,079      217,213    7,240   2,791,878   12.85
May          279,542   4,010,183      216,618    6,988   3,044,041   14.05
June         303,935   4,671,819      248,057    8,269   3,766,521   15.18
          
July         309,733   5,038,554      245,642    7,924   3,951,946   16.09
August       310,550   5,066,913      242,485    7,822   3,873,141   15.97
September    309,759   4,682,518      260,423    8,681   3,905,194   15.00
October      268,835   4,003,649      221,030    7,130   3,270,182   14.80
November     281,242   4,348,138      229,157    7,639   3,507,725   15.31
December     269,889   4,023,965      220,858    7,124   3,247,520   14.70
                                                                    
1995

Jan - Jul  1,887,667  30,873,464    1,556,927    7,344  25,126,841   16.14
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        249,413   4,202,427      210,764    7,025   3,522,409   16.71
May          279,606   4,929,736      232,814    7,510   4,049,487   17.39
June         282,185   4,834,254      233,315    7,777   3,923,057   16.81
 
July         289,702   4,585,835      237,022    7,646   3,697,273   15.60
August
September
October
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-95-169), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, JULY 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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