
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1997 - DECEMBER 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 barrels   (1,000's   price
  Period   of BBL's)     of ($)    of BBL's)  per day avg.   of ($)     ($)
                                               

1997                                                                   
                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.  3,802,574  69,288,075   3,069,430       8,409  54,225,906   17.67

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.- Dec.  4,101,760  49,410,572   3,257,711       8,925  37,534,050   11.52
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      344,442   3,888,008     273,737       9,125   2,958,358   10.81
December      328,318   3,229,151     257,503       8,307   2,428,857    9.43


(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-99-31), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, December 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.