
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1998 - AUGUST 1999 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

 
          Quantity     Value    Quantity    1,000's     Value    Unit
          (1,000's   (1,000's   (1,000's  of barrels  (1,000's   price
 Period   of BBL's)    of $)    of BBL's) per day avg   of $)     ($)


1998                                                             
                                                                 

Jan-Dec   4,088,027 49,131,751  3,242,711      8,884 37,252,222  11.49
Jan-Aug   2,752,647 34,168,352  2,199,281      9,051 26,067,779  11.85
January     332,557  4,876,618    271,208      8,749  3,880,647  14.31
February    292,678  3,983,303    230,593      8,235  3,001,696  13.02
March       330,542  4,099,083    263,407      8,497  3,128,940  11.88
April       357,373  4,415,302    289,968      9,666  3,412,229  11.77
May         356,929  4,467,270    282,846      9,124  3,337,271  11.80
June        341,622  4,025,877    271,314      9,044  3,018,342  11.12

July        366,139  4,165,324    289,718      9,346  3,122,180  10.78
August      374,808  4,135,575    300,227      9,685  3,166,475  10.55
September   330,636  3,787,301    259,951      8,665  2,857,357  10.99
October     342,903  4,183,402    263,149      8,489  3,068,900  11.66
November    337,814  3,811,407    267,953      8,932  2,890,373  10.79
December    324,027  3,181,289    252,378      8,141  2,367,812   9.38


1999                            

                                                                 
Jan-Aug   2,766,966 37,782,768  2,171,514      8,936 28,648,038  13.19
January     330,815  3,192,483    262,434      8,466  2,412,950   9.19
February    316,359  3,092,851    247,595      8,843  2,343,134   9.46
March       332,325  3,614,500    263,476      8,499  2,748,139  10.43
April       353,330  4,693,856    274,232      9,141  3,485,593  12.71
May         353,672  5,295,479    275,289      8,880  4,003,468  14.54
June        369,728  5,491,895    290,410      9,680  4,217,774  14.52

July        353,327  5,826,389    277,017      8,936  4,435,369  16.01
August      357,411  6,575,316    281,061      9,066  5,001,610  17.80
September                                                        
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November                                                         
December                                                         

(1)  Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not
available on a Balance of Payments Basis.  These products include the
following SITC commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum preparations,
and liquified propane and butane gas.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-202), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, August 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           
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