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

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




                                        Net quantity in
                                     thousands of barrels
                                                          Cumulative
   Country                     October      September        1998

Total                          282,542        246,853      2,726,472

OPEC Total                     147,412        116,484      1,314,565

Algeria                          1,191            224          4,521
Indonesia                        3,086          1,460         13,581
Iran                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                            19,542         13,841         81,356
Kuwait                          11,280          6,396        102,274
Nigeria                         21,330         19,749        250,334

Qatar                              (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                    45,530         36,522        428,955
United Arab Emirates               (-)            (-)            599
Venezuela                       45,453         38,292        432,945

Non-OPEC                       135,130        130,370      1,411,907

Angola                           9,879         14,125        139,161
Bahamas                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                             (-)          1,871          2,687
Cameroon                           376            (-)            813
Canada                          38,830         33,920        389,566
China                            1,363            (-)         15,999
Congo (Brazzaville)              1,848          2,750         17,178
Congo (Kinshasa)                   656            346          4,842

Ecuador                          4,475          4,054         29,281
Egypt                              (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                           (-)            (-)         10,681
Mexico                          33,628         38,382        394,648
Netherlands Antilles               (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                             1,092            571         12,098
Trinidad and Tobago              3,248            575         15,912

All Other                       39,735         33,777        379,041
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                                        Customs value in
                                     thousands of dollars
                                                          Cumulative
   Country                     October      September        1998

Total                        3,273,486      2,710,788     32,146,835

OPEC Total                   1,633,290      1,213,847     14,933,198

Algeria                         16,719          2,491         64,927
Indonesia                       37,050         18,103        178,011
Iran                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                           208,122        158,020        921,342
Kuwait                         117,040         65,280      1,100,771
Nigeria                        288,238        245,988      3,410,362

Qatar                              (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                   486,769        370,913      4,802,033
United Arab Emirates               (-)            (-)          8,331
Venezuela                      479,351        353,052      4,447,421

Non-OPEC                     1,640,196      1,496,941     17,213,637

Angola                         128,084        167,090      1,821,362
Bahamas                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                             (-)         24,808         34,883
Cameroon                         4,716            (-)          9,632
Canada                         470,483        381,663      4,773,404
China                           17,987            (-)        206,591
Congo (Brazzaville)             23,714         30,075        211,725
Congo (Kinshasa)                 8,020          3,853         59,867

Ecuador                         55,881         46,095        325,712
Egypt                              (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                           (-)            (-)        154,572
Mexico                         371,179        405,639      4,303,997
Netherlands Antilles               (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                             9,626          4,483        115,122
Trinidad and Tobago             44,007          8,298        225,859

All Other                      506,500        424,937      4,970,912
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                                       C.i.f. value in
                                     thousands of dollars
  
                                                          Cumulative
   Country                     October      September        1998

Total                        3,557,173      2,954,408     34,861,969

OPEC Total                   1,816,152      1,353,100     16,493,343

Algeria                         17,733          2,781         70,547
Indonesia                       41,777         19,739        198,053
Iran                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                           240,497        182,754      1,049,452
Kuwait                         137,147         77,184      1,267,210
Nigeria                        310,820        267,569      3,685,907

Qatar                              (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                   555,297        421,133      5,406,193
United Arab Emirates               (-)            (-)           9,806
Venezuela                      512,881        381,940      4,806,174

Non-OPEC                     1,741,021      1,601,308     18,368,626

Angola                         138,044        182,097      1,986,050
Bahamas                            (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                             (-)         27,670         38,226
Cameroon                         5,129            (-)         10,543
Canada                         500,060        408,897      5,058,092
China                           19,854            (-)        231,384
Congo (Brazzaville)             24,782         31,680        222,352
Congo (Kinshasa)                 8,783          4,340         66,786

Ecuador                         62,552         52,527        373,293
Egypt                              (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                           (-)            (-)        171,517
Mexico                         383,523        420,177      4,478,001
Netherlands Antilles               (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                            11,295          5,476        136,493
Trinidad and Tobago             46,144          8,660        237,390

All Other                      540,855        459,784      5,358,497

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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