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

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




                                    Net quantity in
                                  thousands of barrels
                                                       Cumulative
       Country             June            May            1998

Total                        280,824        279,086      1,629,290

OPEC Total                   130,779        135,019        781,362

Algeria                          837            248          2,326
Indonesia                        717            658          5,689
Iran                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                           6,501          4,787         25,601
Kuwait                         8,275         12,285         61,780
Nigeria                       29,624         28,693        162,313

Qatar                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                  41,081         44,222        258,122
United Arab Emirates             (-)            (-)            599
Venezuela                     43,744         44,126        264,932

Non-OPEC                     150,045        144,067        847,929

Angola                        14,382         13,674         83,531
Bahamas                          (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                           427            (-)            427
Cameroon                         (-)            (-)            (-)
Canada                        43,317         38,166        238,444
China                          3,756          1,440         10,609
Congo (Brazzaville)              938            922          8,954
Congo (Kinshasa)                 708            718          3,122

Ecuador                        2,081          2,570         13,843
Egypt                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                       2,566          4,357          9,945
Mexico                        42,598         41,591        243,128
Netherlands Antilles             (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                           1,443          1,357          8,274
Trinidad and Tobago            1,675          1,772          9,872

All Other                     36,153         37,499        217,780
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                                     Customs value in
                                   thousands of dollars
                                                       Cumulative
       Country             June            May            1998

Total                      3,154,062      3,293,959     20,104,016

OPEC Total                 1,407,258      1,529,349      9,351,812

Algeria                       11,657          3,839         35,744
Indonesia                      8,933          8,865         82,365
Iran                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                          71,687         57,567        318,825
Kuwait                        70,858        128,595        702,748
Nigeria                      411,669        394,797      2,315,516

Qatar                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                 406,084        483,913      3,072,521
United Arab Emirates             (-)            (-)          8,331
Venezuela                    426,371        451,774      2,815,762

Non-OPEC                   1,746,804      1,764,610     10,752,204

Angola                       197,530        182,915      1,163,268
Bahamas                          (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                         5,254                         5,254
Cameroon                         (-)            (-)            (-)
Canada                       500,452        453,204      3,019,038
China                         46,444         19,269        139,454
Congo (Brazzaville)           13,751         10,290        117,500
Congo (Kinshasa)               9,514          9,306         40,543

Ecuador                       20,433         24,627        154,889
Egypt                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                      33,283         64,164        144,926
Mexico                       432,358        463,818      2,724,285
Netherlands Antilles             (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                          11,167         12,646         83,165
Trinidad and Tobago           23,165         25,786        145,840

All Other                    453,454        498,586      3,014,042
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                                    C.i.f. value in
                                  thousands of dollars
                                                       Cumulative
       Country             June            May            1998

Total                      3,416,179      3,565,109     21,739,279

OPEC Total                 1,554,449      1,682,377     10,277,604

Algeria                       12,573          4,228         39,004
Indonesia                     10,159          9,969         91,534
Iran                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                          80,667         64,323        356,742
Kuwait                        84,412        147,445        799,820
Nigeria                      442,532        428,976      2,499,076

Qatar                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                 462,586        543,517      3,436,960
United Arab Emirates             (-)            (-)          9,806
Venezuela                    461,520        483,919      3,044,663

Non-OPEC                   1,861,729      1,882,732     11,461,675

Angola                       212,704        199,894      1,267,148
Bahamas                          (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                         5,536            (-)          5,536
Cameroon                         (-)            (-)            (-)
Canada                       531,325        482,721      3,191,242
China                         51,448         22,088        155,071
Congo (Brazzaville)           14,778         10,290        122,647
Congo (Kinshasa)              10,309         10,241         45,267

Ecuador                       23,910         28,894        178,340
Egypt                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                      37,388         70,765        160,591
Mexico                       449,394        481,595      2,840,286
Netherlands Antilles             (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                          13,706         15,165         98,559
Trinidad and Tobago           24,216         26,890        153,417

All Other                    487,016        534,190      3,243,572

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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