
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1997 - OCTOBER 1998 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

 
Total energy-related
petroleum products (1)            Crude petroleum

            Quantity     Value      Quantity  1,000's        Value     Unit
          (1,000's    (1,000's    (1,000's     of BBL's)  (1,000's     price
  Period   of BBL's)     of $'s    of BBL's)  per day avg    of $'s     ($)
                                               

1997                                                                   
                                                                       

Jan-Dec     3,802,574  69,288,075   3,069,430       8,409  54,225,906  17.67
Jan-Oct     3,183,149  58,675,393   2,566,542       8,443  45,851,193  17.86
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-Oct     3,429,000  42,293,412   2,726,472       8,969  32,146,835  11.79
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

July          356,627   4,055,171     278,706       8,991   2,986,154  10.71
August        363,670   4,038,307     289,081       9,325   3,072,390  10.63
September     316,037   3,625,369     246,853       8,228   2,710,788  10.98
October       362,801   4,392,714     282,542       9,114   3,273,486  11.59
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-98-235), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, October 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.