
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1994 - OCTOBER 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  3,416,045  49,533,309   2,704,196    7,409  38,479,418    14.23
Jan - Oct  2,864,915  41,161,206   2,254,181    7,415  31,724,172    14.07
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 - Oct  2,735,755  43,996,528   2,250,561    7,403  35,769,317    15.89
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       288,064   4,460,581     234,743    7,572   3,594,043    15.31
September    292,255   4,532,428     238,170    7,939   3,685,600    15.47
October      267,769   4,130,055     220,721    7,120   3,362,833    15.24
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-95-228), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, OCTOBER 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
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