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

Total                             263,070         264,306       2,973,091

OPEC Total                        128,727         125,680       1,439,478

Algeria                               (-)             (-)           6,822
Indonesia                           3,049           1,621          23,003
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               26,366          31,165         241,503
Kuwait                              6,912           5,548          78,037
Nigeria                            16,373          13,025         216,367

Qatar                                 332             (-)             332
Saudi Arabia                       37,831          38,847         449,583
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                          37,861          35,473         423,831

Non-OPEC                          134,343         138,626       1,533,613

Angola                             10,898          13,635         133,646
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                845           2,683          14,405
Cameroon                              413             (-)           1,625
Canada                             33,516          36,277         386,048
China                                 (-)             (-)           4,762
Congo (Brazzaville)                   (-)           2,235          17,922
Congo (Kinshasa)                    1,034             657           5,802

Ecuador                             2,519           3,438          27,705
Egypt                                 (-)             517           1,066
Malaysia                              689           1,129           6,242
Mexico                             35,466          35,316         411,019
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                  (-)             (-)           8,928
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,248           2,079          15,045

All Other                          47,716          40,662         499,400
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                                           Customs value in
                                         thousands of dollars
                                                               Cumulative
         Country                 November        October            1999

Total                           5,499,049       5,481,262      44,979,716

OPEC Total                      2,650,621       2,546,848      21,266,353

Algeria                               (-)             (-)          98,008
Indonesia                          66,912          35,620         370,552
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              545,842         616,388       3,696,738
Kuwait                            143,389         123,721       1,226,829
Nigeria                           365,218         316,942       3,495,195

Qatar                               7,512             (-)           7,512
Saudi Arabia                      772,479         770,338       6,477,531
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         749,269         683,838       5,893,988

Non-OPEC                        2,848,428       2,934,415      23,713,363

Angola                            235,931         303,546       2,155,578
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             19,054          62,197         241,996
Cameroon                            9,015             (-)          27,649
Canada                            678,990         733,392       5,762,898
China                                 (-)             (-)          75,645
Congo (Brazzaville)                   (-)          47,224         266,788
Congo (Kinshasa)                   22,321          14,644          93,863

Ecuador                            50,724          74,457         423,083
Egypt                                 (-)           9,610          21,069
Malaysia                           16,500          26,972         125,555
Mexico                            725,679         697,943       5,967,689
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                  (-)             (-)         117,045
Trinidad and Tobago                27,918          48,080         256,321

All Other                       1,062,296         916,350       8,178,185
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                                            C.i.f. value in
                                         thousands of dollars
                                                               Cumulative
         Country                 November        October            1999

Total                           5,713,869       5,705,420      47,530,511

OPEC Total                      2,776,355       2,670,665      22,739,910

Algeria                               (-)             (-)         104,430
Indonesia                          70,851          37,410         397,514
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              578,068         651,633       3,991,597
Kuwait                            151,789         130,674       1,336,736
Nigeria                           378,372         328,748       3,698,394

Qatar                               7,515             (-)           7,515
Saudi Arabia                      817,600         812,404       7,010,657
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         772,159         709,795       6,193,067

Non-OPEC                        2,937,515       3,034,756      24,790,600

Angola                            245,939         315,451       2,290,468
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             20,101          66,091         262,860
Cameroon                            9,468             (-)          29,873
Canada                            695,792         757,202       6,007,855
China                                 (-)             (-)          80,050
Congo (Brazzaville)                   (-)          49,353         283,703
Congo (Kinshasa)                   23,282          15,239         100,430

Ecuador                            54,011          78,604         456,870
Egypt                                 (-)          10,178          22,241
Malaysia                           17,632          27,981         134,709
Mexico                            740,491         717,913       6,132,947
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                  (-)             (-)         127,752
Trinidad and Tobago                28,725          49,394         266,347

All Other                       1,102,073         947,349       8,594,494

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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