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

Total                             281,061         277,017       2,171,514

OPEC Total                        134,403         128,622       1,050,204

Algeria                                 1           1,302           6,821
Indonesia                           1,511           1,150          15,522
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               19,891          22,515         160,705
Kuwait                             10,592           7,794          58,278
Nigeria                            22,954          16,378         168,701

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                       40,405          41,224         328,400
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                          39,049          38,259         311,777

Non-OPEC                          146,657         148,395       1,121,309

Angola                             11,588           8,274          93,144
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                453           1,595          10,049
Cameroon                              (-)             395           1,212
Canada                             36,056          37,555         284,066
China                                 424             (-)           2,552
Congo (Brazzaville)                 1,886             964          14,410
Congo (Kinshasa)                      350             665           4,111

Ecuador                             3,929           2,189          19,771
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              646             337           3,372
Mexico                             40,354          37,769         305,088
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                1,073           1,216           7,848
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,580           1,553          10,189

All Other                          48,318          55,882         365,497
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                                          Customs value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                              Cumulative
         Country                  August           July             1999

Total                           5,001,610       4,435,369      28,648,038

OPEC Total                      2,351,703       2,013,186      13,505,028

Algeria                                16          23,004          98,001
Indonesia                          27,437          18,424         214,342
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              345,894         349,814       2,100,478
Kuwait                            196,996         127,679         805,401
Nigeria                           447,399         279,937       2,428,149

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      687,861         645,690       4,116,471
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         646,101         568,637       3,742,185

Non-OPEC                        2,649,907       2,422,183      15,143,010

Angola                            226,234         137,848       1,289,412
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              9,265          27,468         141,702
Cameroon                              (-)           7,570          18,634
Canada                            614,572         594,142       3,751,708
China                               6,951             (-)          32,472
Congo (Brazzaville)                34,534          16,272         194,580
Congo (Kinshasa)                    6,793          11,412          56,897

Ecuador                            68,798          34,064         262,590
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                           13,429           6,430          58,407
Mexico                            715,907         593,934       3,860,687
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               16,099          17,737          96,331
Trinidad and Tobago                27,447          27,788         148,651

All Other                         909,879         947,518       5,230,938
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                                           C.i.f. value in
                                         thousands of dollars

                                                               Cumulative
         Country                  August          July               1999

Total                           5,231,121       4,659,282      30,541,971

OPEC Total                      2,480,692       2,138,874      14,601,800

Algeria                                17          24,072         104,423
Indonesia                          29,206          19,826         232,445
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              368,434         374,677       2,301,493
Kuwait                            212,125         136,389         890,322
Nigeria                           467,047         293,022       2,591,903

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      731,364         695,422       4,515,005
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         672,498         595,466       3,966,209

Non-OPEC                        2,750,429       2,520,408      15,940,171

Angola                            237,647         145,110       1,388,725
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             10,004          29,764         156,599
Cameroon                              (-)           8,246          20,406
Canada                            637,575         615,928       3,935,431
China                               7,366             (-)          34,418
Congo (Brazzaville)                36,335          17,188         207,942
Congo (Kinshasa)                    7,200          12,373          61,910

Ecuador                            73,850          37,175         286,274
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                           14,558           6,919          63,848
Mexico                            731,086         606,745       3,978,387
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               16,636          18,723         106,242
Trinidad and Tobago                28,433          28,729         155,579

All Other                         949,741         993,510       5,544,410

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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