EXHIBIT 3.  GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, 
            NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: February 1999

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




                                            Net quantity in
                                          thousands of barrels

                                                               Cumulative
   Country                       February         January            1999

Total                             247,595         262,434         510,029

OPEC Total                        123,481         124,565         248,046

Algeria                               224             806           1,030
Indonesia                           1,838           2,382           4,221
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               19,656          13,852          33,509
Kuwait                              3,691           4,757           8,448
Nigeria                            18,344          22,511          40,854

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                       43,901          41,433          85,334
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                          35,826          38,823          74,650

Non-OPEC                          124,115         137,869         261,984

Angola                             10,299          14,305          24,603
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              1,405             603           2,008
Cameroon                              (-)             (-)             (-)
Canada                             32,009          38,126          70,135
China                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                 1,885           2,838           4,723
Congo (Kinshasa)                      656             365           1,021

Ecuador                             1,434           2,462           3,897
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              (-)             189             189
Mexico                             34,702          37,518          72,220
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                1,326             353           1,679
Trinidad and Tobago                   818           1,945           2,763

All Other                          39,581          39,165          78,746
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                                          Customs value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                              Cumulative
    Country                      February        January            1999

Total                           2,343,134       2,412,950       4,756,085

OPEC Total                      1,121,303       1,085,128       2,206,431

Algeria                             2,683           7,787          10,470
Indonesia                          21,168          25,107          46,275
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              178,344         126,067         304,412
Kuwait                             33,505          34,719          68,224
Nigeria                           197,248         243,244         440,492

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      391,490         344,038         735,528
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         296,864         304,166         601,030

Non-OPEC                        1,221,832       1,327,822       2,549,654

Angola                            108,382         145,289         253,671
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             14,479           6,509          20,988
Cameroon                              (-)             (-)             (-)
Canada                            330,137         387,896         718,033
China                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                19,007          27,033          46,040
Congo (Kinshasa)                    6,735           3,469          10,204

Ecuador                            12,371          20,551          32,922
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              (-)           2,080           2,080
Mexico                            302,605         318,819         621,424
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               12,626           2,528          15,154
Trinidad and Tobago                 9,096          21,680          30,776
                                      (-)             (-)             (-)
All Other                         406,395         391,968         798,363
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                                          C.i.f. value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                              Cumulative
    Country                      February        January            1999

Total                           2,578,427       2,647,763       5,226,190

OPEC Total                      1,261,145       1,220,048       2,481,193

Algeria                             2,683           8,811          11,494
Indonesia                          22,930          28,219          51,148
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              205,088         145,292         350,380
Kuwait                             40,278          40,888          81,166
Nigeria                           216,520         266,746         483,266

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      449,050         396,068         845,118
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         324,596         334,024         658,620

Non-OPEC                        1,317,282       1,427,715       2,744,997

Angola                            119,903         161,071         280,974
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             16,673           7,466          24,138
Cameroon                              (-)             (-)             (-)
Canada                            352,729         413,077         765,805
China                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                20,940          28,431          49,372
Congo (Kinshasa)                    7,556           3,852          11,408

Ecuador                            13,783          23,294          37,077
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              (-)           2,453           2,453
Mexico                            317,447         333,631         651,078
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               15,134           3,209          18,343
Trinidad and Tobago                 9,731          23,124          32,855

All Other                         443,387         428,107         871,494


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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