
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1997 - MARCH 1998 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)


            Total energy-related
            Petroleum Products (1)   Crude petroleum

                                                  (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)      ($)

1997                                                                      
                                                                          

Jan.- Dec.    3,793,098  69,121,336    3,061,399     8,387  54,091,331     17.67
Jan.- Mar.      855,089  17,869,764      656,722     7,297  13,375,483     20.37
January         287,411   6,491,986      216,778     6,993   4,774,598     22.03
February        264,834   5,566,305      206,100     7,361   4,222,377     20.49
March           302,844   5,811,473      233,845     7,543   4,378,508     18.72
April           309,942   5,489,660      249,824     8,327   4,289,441     17.17
May             335,350   5,923,999      270,814     8,736   4,603,533     17.00
June            316,421   5,544,112      257,206     8,574   4,390,152     17.07

July            334,066   5,660,722      274,349     8,850   4,527,644     16.50
August          335,274   5,877,456      282,547     9,114   4,787,492     16.94
September       332,822   5,775,046      272,362     9,079   4,553,687     16.72
October         353,413   6,362,605      292,635     9,440   5,166,311     17.65
November        288,222   5,091,887      232,757     7,759   3,986,155     17.13
December        332,498   5,526,084      272,182     8,780   4,411,434     16.21


1998                            

                                                                      
Jan.- Mar.      955,080  13,018,177      766,116     8,512  10,079,830     13.16
January         325,160   4,811,494      264,221     8,523   3,808,981     14.42
February        295,068   4,032,651      233,845     8,352   3,066,378     13.11
March           334,852   4,174,033      268,050     8,647   3,204,470     11.95
April                                                                   
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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.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-85), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MARCH 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.