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

Total                          264,306       274,202     2,710,021

OPEC Total                     125,680       134,867     1,310,751

Algeria                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Indonesia                        1,621         2,810        19,953
Iran                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                            31,165        23,267       215,137
Kuwait                           5,548         7,298        71,125
Nigeria                         13,025        18,267       199,993

Qatar                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                    38,847        44,504       411,752
United Arab Emirates               (-)           (-)           (-)
Venezuela                       35,473        38,720       385,970

Non-OPEC                       138,626       139,335     1,399,270

Angola                          13,635        15,969       122,748
Bahamas                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                           2,683           828        13,560
Cameroon                           (-)           (-)         1,212
Canada                          36,277        32,189       352,532
China                              (-)         2,210         4,762
Congo (Brazzaville)              2,235         1,277        17,922
Congo (Kinshasa)                   657           (-)         4,768

Ecuador                          3,438         1,977        25,186
Egypt                              517           549         1,066
Malaysia                         1,129         1,052         5,552
Mexico                          35,316        35,148       375,553
Netherlands Antilles               (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                               (-)         1,080         8,928
Trinidad and Tobago              2,079         1,529        13,797

All Other                       40,662        45,525       451,684
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                                        Customs value in
                                      thousands of dollars
                                                        Cumulative
    Country                   October      September         1999

Total                        5,481,262     5,351,367    39,480,667

OPEC Total                   2,546,848     2,563,857    18,615,732

Algeria                            (-)          (-)         98,008
Indonesia                       35,620        53,677       303,640
Iran                               (-)           (-)          (-)
Iraq                           616,388       434,031     3,150,896
Kuwait                         123,721       154,318     1,083,440
Nigeria                        316,942       384,886     3,129,977

Qatar                             (-)            (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                   770,338       818,242     5,705,052
United Arab Emirates              (-)            (-)           (-)
Venezuela                      683,838       718,696     5,144,719

Non-OPEC                     2,934,415     2,787,511    20,864,935

Angola                         303,546       326,689     1,919,647
Bahamas                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                          62,197        19,044       222,943
Cameroon                           (-)           (-)        18,634
Canada                         733,392       598,808     5,083,908
China                              (-)        43,173        75,645
Congo (Brazzaville)             47,224        24,984       266,788
Congo (Kinshasa)                14,644           (-)        71,542

Ecuador                         74,457        35,311       372,358
Egypt                            9,610        11,459        21,069
Malaysia                        26,972        23,676       109,056
Mexico                         697,943       683,380     5,242,010
Netherlands Antilles               (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                               (-)        20,714       117,045
Trinidad and Tobago             48,080        31,673       228,403

All Other                      916,350       968,600     7,115,889
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                                      C.i.f. value in
                                    thousands of dollars
                                                       Cumulative
    Country                  October       September         1999

Total                        5,705,420     5,569,250    41,816,641

OPEC Total                   2,670,665     2,691,091    19,963,556

Algeria                            (-)             7       104,430
Indonesia                       37,410        56,808       326,663
Iran                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                           651,633       460,402     3,413,529
Kuwait                         130,674       163,951     1,184,947
Nigeria                        328,748       399,371     3,320,022

Qatar                              (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                   812,404       865,647     6,193,056
United Arab Emirates               (-)           (-)           (-)
Venezuela                      709,795       744,904     5,420,908

Non-OPEC                     3,034,756     2,878,159    21,853,086

Angola                         315,451       340,353     2,044,528
Bahamas                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                          66,091        20,069       242,759
Cameroon                           (-)           (-)        20,406
Canada                         757,202       619,430     5,312,063
China                              (-)        45,632        80,050
Congo (Brazzaville)             49,353        26,408       283,703
Congo (Kinshasa)                15,239           (-)        77,149

Ecuador                         78,604        37,981       402,859
Egypt                           10,178        12,063        22,241
Malaysia                        27,981        25,247       117,077
Mexico                         717,913       696,155     5,392,456
Netherlands Antilles               (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                               (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                               (-)        21,510       127,752
Trinidad and Tobago             49,394        32,649       237,622

All Other                      947,349     1,000,661     7,492,421

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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