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

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




                                       Net quantity in
                                     thousands of barrels

                                                         Cumulative
 Country                      November        October        1998

Total                          273,737        282,542      3,000,209

OPEC Total                     126,589        147,412      1,441,155

Algeria                            970          1,191          5,491
Indonesia                        4,184          3,086         17,765
Iran                                                  
Iraq                            15,143         19,542         96,499
Kuwait                           5,020         11,280        107,294
Nigeria                         19,614         21,330        269,948

Qatar                                                 
Saudi Arabia                    35,398         45,530        464,353
United Arab Emirates               (-)            (-)            599
Venezuela                       46,260         45,453        479,205

Non-OPEC                       147,147        135,130      1,559,054

Angola                          18,342          9,879        157,504
Bahamas                            (-)            (-)            (-)   
Brunei                           2,054            (-)          4,741
Cameroon                           (-)            376            813
Canada                          32,116         38,830        421,681
China                              (-)          1,363         15,999
Congo (Brazzaville)              3,090          1,848         20,268
Congo (Kinshasa)                   364            656          5,206

Ecuador                          2,067          4,475         31,348
Egypt                              (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Malaysia                           477            (-)         11,158
Mexico                          39,851         33,628        434,499
Netherlands Antilles               (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Oman                               (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Peru                             1,943          1,092         14,042
Trinidad and Tobago              1,580          3,248         17,492

All Other                       45,262         39,735        424,303
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                                       Customs value in
                                     thousands of dollars

                                                          Cumulative
 Country                     November        October         1998

Total                        2,958,358      3,273,486     35,105,193

OPEC Total                   1,285,434      1,633,290     16,218,632

Algeria                         11,716         16,719         76,643
Indonesia                       50,971         37,050        228,982
Iran                               (-)            (-)            (-)           
Iraq                           160,257        208,122      1,081,600
Kuwait                          46,867        117,040      1,147,637
Nigeria                        236,142        288,238      3,646,504

Qatar                              (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Saudi Arabia                   348,253        486,769      5,150,286
United Arab Emirates               (-)            (-)          8,331
Venezuela                      431,228        479,351      4,878,649

Non-OPEC                     1,672,924      1,640,196     18,886,561

Angola                         210,933        128,084      2,032,294
Bahamas                            (-)            (-)            (-)               
Brunei                          25,577            (-)         60,459
Cameroon                           (-)          4,716          9,632
Canada                         389,867        470,483      5,163,270
China                              (-)         17,987        206,591
Congo (Brazzaville)             32,871         23,714        244,597
Congo (Kinshasa)                 4,102          8,020         63,969

Ecuador                         23,731         55,881        349,443
Egypt                              (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Malaysia                         6,827            (-)        161,399
Mexico                         394,950        371,179      4,698,947
Netherlands Antilles               (-)            (-)            (-)       
Oman                               (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Peru                            19,207          9,626        134,329
Trinidad and Tobago             19,573         44,007        245,433

All Other                      545,287        506,500      5,516,198
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                                       C.i.f. value in
                                     thousands of dollars

                                                         Cumulative
 Country                     November        October           1998

Total                        3,204,213      3,557,173     38,066,182

OPEC Total                   1,425,682      1,816,152     17,919,025

Algeria                         12,625         17,733         83,172
Indonesia                       57,177         41,777        255,230
Iran                               (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Iraq                           178,734        240,497      1,228,186
Kuwait                          54,524        137,147      1,321,733
Nigeria                        254,080        310,820      3,939,987

Qatar                              (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Saudi Arabia                   401,725        555,297      5,807,918
United Arab Emirates               (-)            (-)          9,806
Venezuela                      466,818        512,881      5,272,993

Non-OPEC                     1,778,531      1,741,021     20,147,157

Angola                         228,227        138,044      2,214,278
Bahamas                            (-)            (-)            (-)                    
Brunei                          28,708            (-)         66,934
Cameroon                           (-)          5,129         10,543
Canada                         408,655        500,060      5,466,747
China                              (-)         19,854        231,384
Congo (Brazzaville)             35,981         24,782        258,333
Congo (Kinshasa)                 4,527          8,783         71,314

Ecuador                         26,917         62,552        400,210
Egypt                              (-)            (-)            (-)    
Malaysia                         7,596            (-)        179,113
Mexico                         411,361        383,523      4,889,362
Netherlands Antilles               (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Oman                               (-)            (-)            (-)                   
Peru                            22,027         11,295        158,520
Trinidad and Tobago             20,699         46,144        258,089

All Other                      583,833        540,855      5,942,331

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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