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

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




                                    Net quantity in
                                  thousands of barrels

                                                      Cumulative
     Country                   May          April        1998

Total                        279,086       303,264     1,348,466

OPEC Total                   135,019       146,552       650,582

Algeria                          248           363         1,489
Indonesia                        658         1,221         4,972
Iran                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                           4,787         6,778        19,099
Kuwait                        12,285        10,692        53,504
Nigeria                       28,693        33,185       132,689

Qatar                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                  44,222        45,512       217,041
United Arab Emirates             (-)           599           599
Venezuela                     44,126        48,202       221,187

Non-OPEC                     144,067       156,712       697,884

Angola                        13,674        15,920        69,149
Bahamas                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                        38,166        39,063       195,127
China                          1,440         1,857         6,853
Congo (Brazzaville)              922         3,350         8,016
Congo (Kinshasa)                 718           705         2,414

Ecuador                        2,570         1,707        11,762
Egypt                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                       4,357           991         7,379
Mexico                        41,591        44,560       200,530
Netherlands Antilles             (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                           1,357         1,796         6,831
Trinidad and Tobago            1,772         1,417         8,196

All Other                     37,499        45,346       181,627
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                                    Customs value in
                                  thousands of dollars

                                                      Cumulative
      Country                May          April          1998

Total                      3,293,959     3,576,166    16,949,954

OPEC Total                 1,529,349     1,694,490     7,944,554

Algeria                        3,839         6,029        24,087
Indonesia                      8,865        15,360        73,432
Iran                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                          57,567        83,003       247,138
Kuwait                       128,595       118,429       631,890
Nigeria                      394,797       453,695     1,903,847

Qatar                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                 483,913       528,527     2,666,438
United Arab Emirates             (-)         8,331         8,331
Venezuela                    451,774       481,116     2,389,391

Non-OPEC                   1,764,610     1,881,675     9,005,400

Angola                       182,915       203,945       965,739
Bahamas                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                       453,204       463,582     2,518,587
China                         19,269        24,143        93,010
Congo (Brazzaville)           10,290        43,135       103,749
Congo (Kinshasa)               9,306         8,185        31,029

Ecuador                       24,627        19,715       134,456
Egypt                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                      64,164        14,479       111,643
Mexico                       463,818       466,260     2,291,927
Netherlands Antilles             (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                          12,646        17,714        71,998
Trinidad and Tobago           25,786        19,791       122,675

All Other                    498,586       600,726     2,560,587
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                                    C.i.f. value in
                                  thousands of dollars

                                                      Cumulative
     Country                  May          April         1998


Total                      3,565,109     3,882,675    18,323,100

OPEC Total                 1,682,377     1,871,259     8,723,155

Algeria                        4,228         6,609        26,431
Indonesia                      9,969        17,389        81,375
Iran                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                          64,323        93,392       276,075
Kuwait                       147,445       135,911       715,408
Nigeria                      428,976       488,743     2,056,544

Qatar                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                 543,517       593,726     2,974,374
United Arab Emirates             (-)         9,806         9,806
Venezuela                    483,919       525,683     2,583,142

Non-OPEC                   1,882,732     2,011,416     9,599,945

Angola                       199,894       222,660     1,054,444
Bahamas                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                       482,721       491,506     2,659,918
China                         22,088        26,825       103,622
Congo (Brazzaville)           10,290        46,177       107,868
Congo (Kinshasa)              10,241         8,965        34,959

Ecuador                       28,894        22,481       154,430
Egypt                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                      70,765        15,840       123,203
Mexico                       481,595       488,388     2,390,892
Netherlands Antilles             (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                          15,165        21,309        84,853
Trinidad and Tobago           26,890        21,043       129,201

All Other                    534,190       646,224     2,756,556

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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