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

Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero or less
                 than one-half unit of measurment shown.




                                            Net quantity in
                                          thousands of barrels

                                                              Cumulative
         Country                   May            April             1999

Total                             275,289         274,232       1,323,026

OPEC Total                        129,050         147,147         655,003

Algeria                             2,257           2,231           5,518
Indonesia                           2,924           3,065          11,199
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               18,092          24,219          96,743
Kuwait                              7,833           7,393          31,930
Nigeria                            18,305          23,296         106,353

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                       39,994          38,767         207,044
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                          39,646          48,176         196,216

Non-OPEC                          146,239         127,085         668,023

Angola                             15,671          10,293          61,498
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              1,470           1,286           6,914
Cameroon                              414                             817
Canada                             31,473          33,837         167,367
China                                               1,564           1,564
Congo (Brazzaville)                 1,840             965           9,416
Congo (Kinshasa)                      369           1,040           2,429

Ecuador                             2,919           2,204          10,817
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                            1,319             233           1,741
Mexico                             37,534          35,809         185,954
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                1,084           1,610           5,317
Trinidad and Tobago                   550           1,102           6,048

All Other                          51,595          37,142         208,141
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                                          Customs value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                              Cumulative
         Country                   May            April             1999

Total                           4,003,468       3,485,593      14,993,285

OPEC Total                      1,862,490       1,831,065       7,253,165

Algeria                            34,796          29,715          74,981
Indonesia                          46,234          38,297         141,494
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              267,585         307,508       1,096,078
Kuwait                            106,211          88,360         370,187
Nigeria                           298,647         326,107       1,344,716

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      568,606         477,131       2,213,702
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         540,412         563,948       2,012,007

Non-OPEC                        2,140,978       1,654,529       7,740,120

Angola                            237,422         141,033         743,236
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             21,677          17,860          86,949
Cameroon                            6,719             (-)          11,064
Canada                            441,489         419,359       1,917,441
China                                 (-)          16,723          16,723
Congo (Brazzaville)                29,415          13,593         111,421
Congo (Kinshasa)                    5,790          13,395          29,388

Ecuador                            41,999          24,748         117,617
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                           22,335           3,417          27,832
Mexico                            517,080         455,321       1,985,840
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               15,739          18,857          58,808
Trinidad and Tobago                 9,329          16,507          76,436

All Other                         791,984         513,714       2,557,364
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                                          C.i.f. value in
                                       thousands of dollars

                                                              Cumulative
         Country                   May            April             1999

Total                           4,243,972       3,735,079      16,198,876

OPEC Total                      1,997,299       1,986,205       7,967,259

Algeria                            37,106          31,734          80,334
Indonesia                          49,797          41,615         154,691
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              291,731         340,118       1,226,067
Kuwait                            117,066         100,034         421,045
Nigeria                           315,770         349,305       1,458,691

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      617,748         523,918       2,470,032
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         568,080         599,482       2,156,398

Non-OPEC                        2,246,673       1,748,874       8,231,617

Angola                            253,709         152,656         813,105
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             23,927          19,616          97,383
Cameroon                            7,311             (-)          12,160
Canada                            459,997         442,535       2,029,696
China                                 (-)          17,726          17,726
Congo (Brazzaville)                31,325          14,732         119,838
Congo (Kinshasa)                    6,202          14,746          32,357

Ecuador                            45,413          28,046         129,918
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                           24,566           3,724          30,742
Mexico                            532,329         470,928       2,061,466
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               17,289          20,914          66,942
Trinidad and Tobago                 9,698          17,404          80,809

All Other                         834,906         545,847       2,739,476


CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or
         Nick Orsini (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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