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

Total                             250,664           263,070         3,223,755

OPEC Total                        121,107           128,727         1,560,585

Algeria                               237               (-)             7,059
Indonesia                           1,829             3,049            24,832
Iran                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Iraq                               21,896            26,366           263,399
Kuwait                              5,705             6,912            83,742
Nigeria                            14,228            16,373           230,595

Qatar                                 (-)               332               332
Saudi Arabia                       39,928            37,831           489,511
United Arab Emirates                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Venezuela                          37,284            37,861           461,115

Non-OPEC                          129,557           134,343         1,663,170

Angola                              7,643            10,898           141,289
Bahamas                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Brunei                                696               845            15,101
Cameroon                              (-)               413             1,625
Canada                             37,960            33,516           424,008
China                                 (-)               (-)             4,762
Congo (Brazzaville)                 2,017               (-)            19,938
Congo (Kinshasa)                      340             1,034             6,141

Ecuador                             2,899             2,519            30,604
Egypt                                   3               (-)             1,069
Malaysia                              404               689             6,646
Mexico                             36,762            35,466           447,781
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Oman                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Peru                                  (-)               (-)             8,928
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,598             1,248            16,643

All Other                          39,235            47,716           538,635
_____________________________________________________________________________

                                              Customs value in
                                            thousands of dollars
                                                                   Cumulative
    Country                      December          November           1999

Total                           5,681,930         5,499,049        50,661,646

OPEC Total                      2,701,892         2,650,621        23,968,245

Algeria                             5,937               (-)           103,944
Indonesia                          43,139            66,912           413,691
Iran                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Iraq                              493,196           545,842         4,189,934
Kuwait                            125,983           143,389         1,352,812
Nigeria                           362,925           365,218         3,858,120

Qatar                                 (-)             7,512             7,512
Saudi Arabia                      886,863           772,479         7,364,394
United Arab Emirates                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Venezuela                         783,851           749,269         6,677,839

Non-OPEC                        2,980,038         2,848,428        26,693,401

Angola                            190,819           235,931         2,346,396
Bahamas                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Brunei                             15,579            19,054           257,576
Cameroon                              (-)             9,015            27,649
Canada                            807,498           678,990         6,570,396
China                                 (-)               (-)            75,645
Congo (Brazzaville)                51,673               (-)           318,461
Congo (Kinshasa)                    8,311            22,321           102,174

Ecuador                            66,506            50,724           489,588
Egypt                                  26               (-)            21,095
Malaysia                           11,550            16,500           137,105
Mexico                            813,629           725,679         6,781,318
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Oman                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Peru                                  (-)               (-)           117,045
Trinidad and Tobago                41,558            27,918           297,879

All Other                         972,889         1,062,296         9,151,074
_____________________________________________________________________________


                                             C.i.f. value in
                                           thousands of dollars
                                                                   Cumulative
    Country                      December          November           1999

Total                           5,894,682         5,713,869        53,425,192

OPEC Total                      2,824,158         2,776,355        25,564,069

Algeria                             6,185               (-)           110,615
Indonesia                          45,781            70,851           443,295
Iran                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Iraq                              521,017           578,068         4,512,613
Kuwait                            133,830           151,789         1,470,567
Nigeria                           377,086           378,372         4,075,479

Qatar                                 (-)             7,515             7,515
Saudi Arabia                      932,287           817,600         7,942,944
United Arab Emirates                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Venezuela                         807,973           772,159         7,001,040

Non-OPEC                        3,070,523         2,937,515        27,861,124

Angola                            197,541           245,939         2,488,009
Bahamas                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Brunei                             16,324            20,101           279,184
Cameroon                              (-)             9,468            29,873
Canada                            834,769           695,792         6,842,624
China                                 (-)               (-)            80,050
Congo (Brazzaville)                53,646               (-)           337,349
Congo (Kinshasa)                    8,637            23,282           109,067

Ecuador                            69,933            54,011           526,803
Egypt                                  29               (-)            22,270
Malaysia                           12,217            17,632           146,926
Mexico                            829,739           740,491         6,962,687
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Oman                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Peru                                  (-)               (-)           127,752
Trinidad and Tobago                42,586            28,725           308,932

All Other                       1,005,103         1,102,073         9,599,597

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." 



