
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1997 - APRIL 1998 
            (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)    (avg.)    dollars)    ($)

1997                                                                 

Jan- Dec    3,802,574  69,288,075   3,069,430     8,409  54,225,906   17.67
Jan- Apr    1,190,362  23,829,258     931,778     7,765  18,129,901   19.46
January       295,029   6,624,283     224,135     7,230   4,900,107   21.86
February      270,487   5,683,189     211,073     7,538   4,323,793   20.48
March         315,042   6,048,472     245,623     7,923   4,607,899   18.76
April         309,804   5,473,315     250,947     8,365   4,298,102   17.13
May           343,544   6,079,238     278,223     8,975   4,745,343   17.06
June          313,136   5,430,618     254,232     8,474   4,284,696   16.85

July          325,451   5,493,950     266,293     8,590   4,368,855   16.41
August        333,875   5,856,686     280,897     9,061   4,761,558   16.95
September     335,430   5,822,721     274,565     9,152   4,593,231   16.73
October       341,352   6,162,921     280,555     9,050   4,967,610   17.71
November      308,491   5,471,909     252,757     8,425   4,360,799   17.25
December      310,934   5,140,774     250,131     8,069   4,013,914   16.05

1998                            
                                                                     
Jan- Apr    1,326,039  17,602,870   1,069,380     8,911  13,655,995   12.77
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         370,959   4,584,693     303,264    10,109   3,576,166   11.79
May                                                                  
June                                                                 

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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-98-101), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, APRIL 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.