EXHIBIT 3.  GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, 
            NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: February 2000

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                        February          January             2000

Total                             258,020           252,342           510,362

OPEC Total                        130,132           115,609           245,741

Algeria                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Indonesia                           2,868               941             3,810
Iran                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Iraq                               21,845             6,651            28,497
Kuwait                              8,644             7,627            16,271
Nigeria                            23,616            14,302            37,917

Qatar                                 (-)               (-)               (-)
Saudi Arabia                       34,136            44,725            78,861
United Arab Emirates                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Venezuela                          39,023            41,363            80,386

Non-OPEC                          127,887           136,733           264,621

Angola                              6,996             7,743            14,739
Bahamas                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Brunei                              1,191               125             1,315
Cameroon                              (-)               393               393
Canada                             42,329            41,535            83,864
China                                 599               (-)               599
Congo (Brazzaville)                   565               956             1,521
Congo (Kinshasa)                      350               325               674

Ecuador                             3,048             3,281             6,329
Egypt                                 (-)               (-)               (-)
Malaysia                            1,349             2,354             3,702
Mexico                             31,832            40,909            72,741
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Oman                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Peru                                  807               (-)               807
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,537             1,748             3,285

All Other                          37,285            37,366            74,650
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                                               Customs value in
                                             thousands of dollars
                                                                  Cumulative
    Country                       February          January             2000

Total                           6,453,738         5,849,073        12,302,811

OPEC Total                      3,228,939         2,669,685         5,898,624

Algeria                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Indonesia                          71,398            22,983            94,381
Iran                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Iraq                              539,339           158,158           697,497
Kuwait                            207,933           170,659           378,592
Nigeria                           638,839           365,168         1,004,007

Qatar                                 (-)               (-)               (-)
Saudi Arabia                      848,399         1,042,630         1,891,029
United Arab Emirates                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Venezuela                         923,031           910,088         1,833,119

Non-OPEC                        3,224,799         3,179,388         6,404,187

Angola                            186,146           196,505           382,651
Bahamas                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Brunei                             31,205             3,463            34,667
Cameroon                              (-)            10,135            10,135
Canada                          1,008,497           902,122         1,910,619
China                              15,766               (-)            15,766
Congo (Brazzaville)                14,651            25,148            39,799
Congo (Kinshasa)                    8,818             7,332            16,150

Ecuador                            74,587            72,437           147,024
Egypt                                 (-)               (-)               (-)
Malaysia                           37,104            62,877            99,981
Mexico                            785,407           918,935         1,704,342
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Oman                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Peru                               18,344               (-)            18,344
Trinidad and Tobago                44,570            46,122            90,693

All Other                         999,703           934,312         1,934,015
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                                             C.i.f. value in
                                           thousands of dollars
                                                                 Cumulative
        Country                  February          January             2000

Total                           6,690,206         6,062,572        12,752,779

OPEC Total                      3,365,127         2,782,725         6,147,852

Algeria                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Indonesia                          75,669            24,133            99,802
Iran                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Iraq                              566,526           166,023           732,549
Kuwait                            219,269           179,893           399,162
Nigeria                           661,122           378,363         1,039,484

Qatar                                 (-)               (-)               (-)
Saudi Arabia                      888,776         1,094,350         1,983,126
United Arab Emirates                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Venezuela                         953,766           939,963         1,893,728

Non-OPEC                        3,325,079         3,279,847         6,604,926

Angola                            194,099           205,252           399,351
Bahamas                               (-)               (-)               (-)
Brunei                             33,360             3,634            36,995
Cameroon                                (-           10,485            10,485
Canada                          1,032,957           926,384         1,959,340
China                              16,695               (-)            16,695
Congo (Brazzaville)                15,447            26,678            42,125
Congo (Kinshasa)                    9,216             7,721            16,937

Ecuador                            78,993            76,950           155,944
Egypt                                 (-)               (-)               (-)
Malaysia                           39,657            66,420           106,077
Mexico                            800,995           938,573         1,739,568
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Oman                                  (-)               (-)               (-)
Peru                               19,397               (-)            19,397
Trinidad and Tobago                45,731            47,567            93,298

All Other                       1,038,533           970,183         2,008,716


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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