EXHIBIT 3.  GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, 
            NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: February 1998

Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-)  Represents zero.




                                 Net quantity in
                               thousands of barrels
       Country
                                                  Cumulative
                        February      January        1998

Total                      233,845      264,221      498,067

OPEC Total                 104,405      120,853      225,258

Algeria                        448          235          684
Indonesia                      668        1,405        2,073
Iran                           (-)          (-)          (-)
Iraq                           (-)        3,127        3,127
Kuwait                       8,067        9,671       17,738
Nigeria                     18,985       21,354       40,338

Qatar                          (-)          (-)          (-)
Saudi Arabia                34,828       42,739       77,568
United Arab Emirates           (-)          (-)          (-)
Venezuela                   41,409       42,322       83,731

Non-OPEC                   129,440      143,368      272,808

Angola                      11,737       12,343       24,081
Bahamas                        (-)          (-)          (-)
Brunei                         (-)          (-)          (-)
Cameroon                       (-)          (-)          (-)
Canada                      42,842       40,284       83,126
China                          686          430        1,115
Congo (Brazzaville)          2,821            2        2,823
Congo (Kinshasa)               (-)          672          672

Ecuador                      1,302        2,567        3,869
Egypt                          (-)          (-)          (-)
Malaysia                     1,380          349        1,729
Mexico                      35,286       43,489       78,775
Netherlands Antilles           (-)          (-)          (-)
Oman                           (-)          (-)          (-)
Peru                         1,085        1,074        2,159

Trinidad and Tobago          1,683        1,677        3,361

All Other                   30,617       40,481       71,098
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                                 Customs value in
                               thousands of dollars
       Country
                                                  Cumulative
                        February      January        1998

Total                    3,066,378    3,808,981    6,875,360

OPEC Total               1,330,050    1,725,228    3,055,278

Algeria                      7,194        4,052       11,246
Indonesia                   12,489       24,190       36,678
Iran                           (-)          (-)          (-)
Iraq                           (-)       50,674       50,674
Kuwait                      97,826      136,888      234,714
Nigeria                    285,522      355,737      641,259

Qatar                          (-)          (-)          (-)
Saudi Arabia               444,189      628,832    1,073,021
United Arab Emirates           (-)          (-)          (-)
Venezuela                  482,830      524,855    1,007,685

Non-OPEC                 1,736,328    2,083,754    3,820,082

Angola                     174,412      201,760      376,172
Bahamas                        (-)          (-)          (-)
Brunei                         (-)          (-)          (-)
Cameroon                       (-)          (-)          (-)
Canada                     561,066      591,192    1,152,257
China                        9,994        7,338       17,333
Congo (Brazzaville)         39,940           38       39,978
Congo (Kinshasa)               (-)       10,032       10,032

Ecuador                     16,314       36,187       52,502
Egypt                          (-)          (-)          (-)
Malaysia                    22,604        5,561       28,165
Mexico                     421,411      547,009      968,419
Netherlands Antilles           (-)          (-)          (-)
Oman                           (-)          (-)          (-)
Peru                        11,318       12,860       24,179

Trinidad and Tobago         26,097       27,886       53,983

All Other                  453,173      643,891    1,097,063
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                                   C.i.f. value in
                                 thousands of dollars
       Country
                                                  Cumulative
                        February      January        1998

Total                    3,293,577    4,097,818    7,391,395

OPEC Total               1,448,239    1,880,797    3,329,036

Algeria                      7,898        4,417       12,315
Indonesia                   13,725       26,287       40,013
Iran                           (-)          (-)          (-)
Iraq                           (-)       56,720       56,720
Kuwait                     110,275      152,580      262,855
Nigeria                    308,525      381,997      690,522

Qatar                          (-)          (-)          (-)
Saudi Arabia               489,996      688,998    1,178,994
United Arab Emirates           (-)          (-)          (-)
Venezuela                  517,820      569,797    1,087,617

Non-OPEC                 1,845,338    2,217,021    4,062,359

Angola                     191,016      219,217      410,233
Bahamas                        (-)          (-)          (-)
Brunei                         (-)          (-)          (-)
Cameroon                       (-)          (-)          (-)
Canada                     592,746      621,578    1,214,323
China                       11,378        8,274       19,652
Congo (Brazzaville)         41,013           41       41,054
Congo (Kinshasa)               (-)       11,753       11,753

Ecuador                     18,666       40,594       59,260
Egypt                          (-)          (-)          (-)
Malaysia                    25,108        6,142       31,250
Mexico                     437,085      571,994    1,009,079
Netherlands Antilles           (-)          (-)          (-)
Oman                           (-)          (-)          (-)
Peru                        13,454       14,866       28,320

Trinidad and Tobago         27,280       29,574       56,854

All Other                  487,591      692,989    1,180,581

CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or
         Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see 
         our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/"

NOTE:  For information on more detailed data available, please see
       record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE." 



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