
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1994 - NOVEMBER 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
                                                                                    
                                             Thousands
           Quantity     Value      Quantity  of 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 - Nov  3,146,157  45,509,344   2,483,338     7,435 35,231,898   14.19

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 - Nov  3,017,092  48,326,477   2,477,294     7,417 39,199,964   15.82

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     281,337   4,329,949     226,733     7,558  3,430,647   15.13
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-96-12), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, NOVEMBER 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
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