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

Total                            274,202         281,061       2,445,715

OPEC Total                       134,867         134,403       1,185,071

Algeria                              (-)               1           6,822
Indonesia                          2,810           1,511          18,332
Iran                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              23,267          19,891         183,972
Kuwait                             7,298          10,592          65,576
Nigeria                           18,267          22,954         186,968

Qatar                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      44,504          40,405         372,904
United Arab Emirates                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         38,720          39,049         350,497

Non-OPEC                         139,335         146,657       1,260,644

Angola                            15,969          11,588         109,113
Bahamas                              (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                               828             453          10,878
Cameroon                             (-)             (-)           1,212
Canada                            32,189          36,056         316,255
China                              2,210             424           4,762
Congo (Brazzaville)                1,277           1,886          15,687
Congo (Kinshasa)                     (-)             350           4,111

Ecuador                            1,977           3,929          21,748
Egypt                                549             (-)             549
Malaysia                           1,052             646           4,424
Mexico                            35,148          40,354         340,236
Netherlands Antilles                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               1,080           1,073           8,928
Trinidad and Tobago                1,529           1,580          11,718

All Other                         45,525          48,318         411,022
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                                          Customs value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                              Cumulative
         Country               September        August           1999

Total                          5,351,367       5,001,610      33,999,405

OPEC Total                     2,563,857       2,351,703      16,068,884

Algeria                                7              16          98,008
Indonesia                         53,677          27,437         268,019
Iran                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                             434,031         345,894       2,534,508
Kuwait                           154,318         196,996         959,719
Nigeria                          384,886         447,399       2,813,035

Qatar                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                     818,242         687,861       4,934,713
United Arab Emirates                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                        718,696         646,101       4,460,881

Non-OPEC                       2,787,511       2,649,907      17,930,520

Angola                           326,689         226,234       1,616,101
Bahamas                              (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                            19,044           9,265         160,746
Cameroon                             (-)             (-)          18,634
Canada                           598,808         614,572       4,350,516
China                             43,173           6,951          75,645
Congo (Brazzaville)               24,984          34,534         219,565
Congo (Kinshasa)                     (-)           6,793          56,897

Ecuador                           35,311          68,798         297,901
Egypt                             11,459             (-)          11,459
Malaysia                          23,676          13,429          82,084
Mexico                           683,380         715,907       4,544,068
Netherlands Antilles                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                              20,714          16,099         117,045
Trinidad and Tobago               31,673          27,447         180,323

All Other                        968,600         909,879       6,199,538
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                                           C.i.f. value in
                                         thousands of dollars

                                                              Cumulative
         Country               September        August           1999

Total                          5,569,250       5,231,121      36,111,221

OPEC Total                     2,691,091       2,480,692      17,292,891

Algeria                                7              17         104,430
Indonesia                         56,808          29,206         289,253
Iran                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                             460,402         368,434       2,761,896
Kuwait                           163,951         212,125       1,054,273
Nigeria                          399,371         467,047       2,991,274

Qatar                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                     865,647         731,364       5,380,652
United Arab Emirates                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                        744,904         672,498       4,711,113

Non-OPEC                       2,878,159       2,750,429      18,818,330

Angola                           340,353         237,647       1,729,078
Bahamas                              (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                            20,069          10,004         176,668
Cameroon                             (-)             (-)          20,406
Canada                           619,430         637,575       4,554,861
China                             45,632           7,366          80,050
Congo (Brazzaville)               26,408          36,335         234,351
Congo (Kinshasa)                     (-)           7,200          61,910

Ecuador                           37,981          73,850         324,255
Egypt                             12,063             (-)          12,063
Malaysia                          25,247          14,558          89,096
Mexico                           696,155         731,086       4,674,543
Netherlands Antilles                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                              21,510          16,636         127,752
Trinidad and Tobago               32,649          28,433         188,227

All Other                      1,000,661         949,741       6,545,071


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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