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

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




                                   Net quantity in
                                 thousands of barrels

                                                    Cumulative
      Country                April         March       1998

Total                       303,264       268,050     1,069,380

OPEC Total                  146,552       143,753       515,563

Algeria                         363           195         1,241
Indonesia                     1,221         1,021         4,315
Iran                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                          6,778         4,408        14,313
Kuwait                       10,692        12,789        41,219
Nigeria                      33,185        30,473       103,996

Qatar                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                 45,512        49,740       172,819
United Arab Emirates            599           (-)           599
Venezuela                    48,202        45,128       177,061

Non-OPEC                    156,712       124,296       553,817

Angola                       15,920        15,474        55,475
Bahamas                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                       39,063        34,771       156,961
China                         1,857         2,440         5,412
Congo (Brazzaville)           3,350           920         7,093
Congo (Kinshasa)                705           319         1,696

Ecuador                       1,707         3,617         9,192
Egypt                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                        991           302         3,022
Mexico                       44,560        35,604       158,939
Netherlands Antilles            (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                          1,796         1,517         5,473
Trinidad and Tobago           1,417         1,647         6,425

All Other                    45,346        27,684       144,128
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                                    Customs value in
                                  thousands of dollars

                                                    Cumulative
       Country              April        March         1998

Total                     3,576,166     3,204,470    13,655,995

OPEC Total                1,694,490     1,665,437     6,415,205

Algeria                       6,029         2,973        20,248
Indonesia                    15,360        12,529        64,567
Iran                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                         83,003        55,894       189,571
Kuwait                      118,429       150,152       503,296
Nigeria                     453,695       414,096     1,509,050

Qatar                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                528,527       580,976     2,182,525
United Arab Emirates          8,331           (-)         8,331
Venezuela                   481,116       448,816     1,937,617

Non-OPEC                  1,881,675     1,539,033     7,240,790

Angola                      203,945       202,707       782,823
Bahamas                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                      463,582       449,544     2,065,383
China                        24,143        32,265        73,741
Congo (Brazzaville)          43,135        10,347        93,459
Congo (Kinshasa)              8,185         3,506        21,723

Ecuador                      19,715        37,612       109,829
Egypt                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                     14,479         4,835        47,479
Mexico                      466,260       393,430     1,828,109
Netherlands Antilles            (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                         17,714        17,460        59,352
Trinidad and Tobago          19,791        23,116        96,890

All Other                   600,726       364,212     2,062,001
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                                    C.i.f. value in
                                  thousands of dollars

                                                    Cumulative
       Country              April        March         1998

Total                     3,882,675     3,483,921    14,757,991

OPEC Total                1,871,259     1,840,483     7,040,778

Algeria                       6,609         3,279        22,203
Indonesia                    17,389        14,005        71,406
Iran                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                         93,392        61,639       211,752
Kuwait                      135,911       169,197       567,964
Nigeria                     488,743       448,303     1,627,568

Qatar                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                593,726       658,136     2,430,857
United Arab Emirates          9,806           (-)         9,806
Venezuela                   525,683       485,923     2,099,223

Non-OPEC                  2,011,416     1,643,438     7,717,213

Angola                      222,660       221,657       854,550
Bahamas                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                        (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                      491,506       471,368     2,177,196
China                        26,825        35,058        81,535
Congo (Brazzaville)          46,177        10,347        97,578
Congo (Kinshasa)              8,965         4,000        24,717

Ecuador                      22,481        43,795       125,536
Egypt                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                     15,840         5,348        52,438
Mexico                      488,388       411,830     1,909,297
Netherlands Antilles            (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                         21,309        20,060        69,688
Trinidad and Tobago          21,043        24,415       102,311

All Other                   646,224       395,561     2,222,366

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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