
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1997 - MAY 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 

                                                 1000s of
             Quantity     Value      Quantity     barrels     Value     Unit
            (1000's of  (1000's of   (1000s of    per day  (1000's of  price
  Period     barrels)    dollars)     barrels)   (average)  dollars)    ($)

1997                                                                   
                                                                       
Jan.-Dec     3,802,574  69,288,075    3,069,430      8,409 54,225,906   17.67
Jan.-May     1,533,907  29,908,496    1,210,001      8,013 22,875,244   18.91
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.-May     1,677,799  22,005,025    1,348,466      8,930 16,949,954   12.57
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            351,760   4,402,155      279,086      9,003  3,293,959   11.80
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-98-120), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MAY 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.