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

Total                             277,017         290,410       1,890,453

OPEC Total                        128,622         132,176         915,801

Algeria                             1,302                           6,820
Indonesia                           1,150           1,662          14,011
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               22,515          21,556         140,814
Kuwait                              7,794           7,963          47,686
Nigeria                            16,378          23,016         145,747

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                       41,224          39,727         287,996
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                          38,259          38,253         272,728

Non-OPEC                          148,395         158,234         974,652

Angola                              8,274          11,783          81,556
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              1,595           1,087           9,596
Cameroon                              395             (-)           1,212
Canada                             37,555          43,089         248,011
China                                 (-)             564           2,128
Congo (Brazzaville)                   964           2,143          12,523
Congo (Kinshasa)                      665             667           3,761

Ecuador                             2,189           2,836          15,842
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              337             648           2,726
Mexico                             37,769          41,011         264,733
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                1,216             242           6,775
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,553           1,008           8,609

All Other                          55,882          53,156         317,179
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                                            Customs value in
                                          thousands of dollars
        
                                                              Cumulative
       Country                     July            June             1999

Total                           4,435,369       4,217,774      23,646,428

OPEC Total                      2,013,186       1,886,974      11,153,325

Algeria                            23,004             (-)          97,985
Indonesia                          18,424          26,988         186,906
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              349,814         308,691       1,754,584
Kuwait                            127,679         110,539         608,405
Nigeria                           279,937         356,098       1,980,750

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      645,690         569,218       3,428,611
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         568,637         515,440       3,096,085

Non-OPEC                        2,422,183       2,330,800      12,493,103

Angola                            137,848         182,093       1,063,178
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             27,468          18,021         132,437
Cameroon                            7,570             (-)          18,634
Canada                            594,142         625,552       3,137,135
China                                 (-)           8,798          25,521
Congo (Brazzaville)                16,272          32,354         160,047
Congo (Kinshasa)                   11,412           9,304          50,105

Ecuador                            34,064          42,112         193,793
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                            6,430          10,716          44,979
Mexico                            593,934         565,007       3,144,780
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               17,737           3,687          80,232
Trinidad and Tobago                27,788          16,980         121,204

All Other                         947,518         816,177       4,321,059
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                                            C.i.f. value in
                                        thousands of dollars
                      
                                                               Cumulative
       Country                     July            June             1999

Total                           4,659,282       4,452,692      25,310,850

OPEC Total                      2,138,874       2,014,976      12,121,108

Algeria                            24,072             (-)         104,406
Indonesia                          19,826          28,723         203,240
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              374,677         332,314       1,933,059
Kuwait                            136,389         120,764         678,197
Nigeria                           293,022         373,142       2,124,855

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      695,422         618,187       3,783,640
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         595,466         541,846       3,293,710

Non-OPEC                        2,520,408       2,437,716      13,189,741

Angola                            145,110         192,863       1,151,078
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             29,764          19,449         146,596
Cameroon                            8,246             (-)          20,406
Canada                            615,928         652,231       3,297,855
China                                 (-)           9,326          27,052
Congo (Brazzaville)                17,188          34,581         171,608
Congo (Kinshasa)                   12,373           9,981          54,710

Ecuador                            37,175          45,332         212,424
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                            6,919          11,630          49,290
Mexico                            606,745         579,090       3,247,301
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               18,723           3,941          89,606
Trinidad and Tobago                28,729          17,609         127,146

All Other                         993,510         861,683       4,594,669

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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