
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

                                              1,000s of
           Quantity     Value      Quantity    barrels      Value    Unit
          (1,000s of (1,000s of   (1,000s of   per day   (1,000s 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-Jun    1,847,042  35,339,114    1,464,232     8,090  27,159,939   18.55
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-Jun    2,029,865  26,181,852    1,629,290     9,002  20,104,016   12.34
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         352,066   4,176,827      280,824     9,361   3,154,062   11.23

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November                                                  
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-98-148), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, JUNE 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.