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

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




                                          Net quantity in
                                       thousands of barrels

                                                               Cumulative
      Country                   December        November           1998

Total                             257,503         273,737       3,257,711

OPEC Total                        123,960         126,589       1,565,114

Algeria                             1,026             970           6,517
Indonesia                           2,412           4,184          20,177
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               11,859          15,143         108,358
Kuwait                              6,202           5,020         113,496
Nigeria                            16,996          19,614         286,944

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                       43,117          35,398         507,470
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             599
Venezuela                          42,348          46,260         521,553

Non-OPEC                          133,543         147,147       1,692,597

Angola                             14,573          18,342         172,076
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              2,114           2,054           6,855
Cameroon                                                              813
Canada                             38,887          32,116         460,568
China                                 (-)             (-)          15,999
Congo (Brazzaville)                 1,846           3,090          22,114
Congo (Kinshasa)                      655             364           5,861

Ecuador                             1,985           2,067          33,333
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              297             477          11,456
Mexico                             34,939          39,851         469,438
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                  933           1,943          14,974
Trinidad and Tobago                   229           1,580          17,721

All Other                          37,087          45,262         461,390
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                                          Customs value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
     Country                  December        November           1998


Total                           2,428,857       2,958,358      37,534,050

OPEC Total                      1,104,958       1,285,434      17,323,589

Algeria                            11,389          11,716          88,032
Indonesia                          28,273          50,971         257,255
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              117,780         160,257       1,199,380
Kuwait                             46,292          46,867       1,193,929
Nigeria                           181,299         236,142       3,827,803

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      387,451         348,253       5,537,737
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)           8,331
Venezuela                         332,474         431,228       5,211,123

Non-OPEC                        1,323,899       1,672,924      20,210,460

Angola                            147,638         210,933       2,179,932
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             24,182          25,577          84,641
Cameroon                              (-)             (-)           9,632
Canada                            417,073         389,867       5,580,343
China                                 (-)             (-)         206,591
Congo (Brazzaville)                15,804          32,871         260,401
Congo (Kinshasa)                    6,396           4,102          70,366

Ecuador                            17,428          23,731         366,871
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                            3,599           6,827         164,998
Mexico                            307,963         394,950       5,006,909
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                6,459          19,207         140,788
Trinidad and Tobago                 2,878          19,573         248,311

All Other                         374,479         545,287       5,890,677
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                                          C.i.f. value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
     Country                  December        November           1998

Total                           2,667,880       3,204,213      40,734,061

OPEC Total                      1,243,070       1,425,682      19,162,094

Algeria                            12,179          12,625          95,351
Indonesia                          31,398          57,177         286,628
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              132,492         178,734       1,360,678
Kuwait                             56,649          54,524       1,378,382
Nigeria                           197,430         254,080       4,137,417

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      448,497         401,725       6,256,415
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)           9,806
Venezuela                         364,425         466,818       5,637,418

Non-OPEC                        1,424,810       1,778,531      21,571,967

Angola                            161,415         228,227       2,375,693
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             27,221          28,708          94,154
Cameroon                              (-)             (-)          10,543
Canada                            444,590         408,655       5,911,337
China                                 (-)             (-)         231,384
Congo (Brazzaville)                17,729          35,981         276,062
Congo (Kinshasa)                    7,088           4,527          78,402

Ecuador                            20,668          26,917         420,878
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                            3,815           7,596         182,928
Mexico                            323,871         411,361       5,213,234
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                8,139          22,027         166,659
Trinidad and Tobago                 3,042          20,699         261,131

All Other                         407,231         583,833       6,349,561


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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