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

Total                             290,410         275,289       1,613,436

OPEC Total                        132,176         129,050         787,179

Algeria                               (-)           2,257           5,518
Indonesia                           1,662           2,924          12,861
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               21,556          18,092         118,299
Kuwait                              7,963           7,833          39,893
Nigeria                            23,016          18,305         129,368

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                       39,727          39,994         246,771
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                          38,253          39,646         234,469

Non-OPEC                          158,234         146,239         826,257

Angola                             11,783          15,671          73,281
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              1,087           1,470           8,001
Cameroon                              (-)             414             817
Canada                             43,089          31,473         210,456
China                                 564             (-)           2,128
Congo (Brazzaville)                 2,143           1,840          11,559
Congo (Kinshasa)                      667             369           3,096

Ecuador                             2,836           2,919          13,653
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              648           1,319           2,389
Mexico                             41,011          37,534         226,964
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                  242           1,084           5,559
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,008             550           7,056

All Other                          53,156          51,595         261,298
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                                            Customs value in
                                          thousands of dollars

                                                               Cumulative
         Country                    June            May              1999

Total                           4,217,774       4,003,468      19,211,059

OPEC Total                      1,886,974       1,862,490       9,140,139

Algeria                               (-)          34,796          74,981
Indonesia                          26,988          46,234         168,482
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              308,691         267,585       1,404,769
Kuwait                            110,539         106,211         480,726
Nigeria                           356,098         298,647       1,700,814

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      569,218         568,606       2,782,920
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         515,440         540,412       2,527,448

Non-OPEC                        2,330,800       2,140,978      10,070,920

Angola                            182,093         237,422         925,329
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             18,021          21,677         104,969
Cameroon                              (-)           6,719          11,064
Canada                            625,552         441,489       2,542,993
China                               8,798             (-)          25,521
Congo (Brazzaville)                32,354          29,415         143,775
Congo (Kinshasa)                    9,304           5,790          38,693

Ecuador                            42,112          41,999         159,729
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                           10,716          22,335          38,549
Mexico                            565,007         517,080       2,550,847
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                3,687          15,739          62,495
Trinidad and Tobago                16,980           9,329          93,416

All Other                         816,177         791,984       3,373,541
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                                           C.i.f. value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                               Cumulative
         Country                    June            May              1999

Total                           4,452,692       4,243,972      20,651,568

OPEC Total                      2,014,976       1,997,299       9,982,234

Algeria                               (-)          37,106          80,334
Indonesia                          28,723          49,797         183,413
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              332,314         291,731       1,558,382
Kuwait                            120,764         117,066         541,809
Nigeria                           373,142         315,770       1,831,833

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      618,187         617,748       3,088,219
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         541,846         568,080       2,698,244

Non-OPEC                        2,437,716       2,246,673      10,669,333

Angola                            192,863         253,709       1,005,968
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             19,449          23,927         116,832
Cameroon                              (-)           7,311          12,160
Canada                            652,231         459,997       2,681,928
China                               9,326             (-)          27,052
Congo (Brazzaville)                34,581          31,325         154,420
Congo (Kinshasa)                    9,981           6,202          42,337

Ecuador                            45,332          45,413         175,250
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                           11,630          24,566          42,372
Mexico                            579,090         532,329       2,640,556
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                3,941          17,289          70,883
Trinidad and Tobago                17,609           9,698          98,417

All Other                         861,683         834,906       3,601,159

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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