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

Total                           288,289        258,020        798,651

OPEC Total                      145,768        130,132        391,510

Algeria                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Indonesia                         1,397          2,868          5,206
Iran                                (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                             19,216         21,845         47,713
Kuwait                            5,847          8,644         22,118
Nigeria                          33,423         23,616         71,340

Qatar                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                     43,927         34,136        122,788
United Arab Emirates                (-)            (-)            (-)
Venezuela                        41,959         39,023        122,345

Non-OPEC                        142,521        127,887        407,142

Angola                            8,625          6,996         23,364
Bahamas                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                              835          1,191          2,151
Cameroon                            383                           776
Canada                           45,059         42,329        128,923
China                             1,159            599          1,758
Congo (Brazzaville)               2,940            565          4,461
Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)            350            674

Ecuador                           2,468          3,048          8,798
Egypt                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                            509          1,349          4,211
Mexico                           37,449         31,832        110,190
Netherlands Antilles                (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                                (-)            807            807
Trinidad and Tobago                 971          1,537          4,256

All Other                        42,121         37,285        116,772
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                                        Customs value in
                                      thousands of dollars

                                                           Cumulative
         Country                March        February         2000

Total                         7,604,736      6,453,738     19,907,547

OPEC Total                    3,788,638      3,228,939      9,687,262

Algeria                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Indonesia                        36,552         71,398        130,933
Iran                                (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                            397,667        539,339      1,095,164
Kuwait                          150,157        207,933        528,749
Nigeria                         980,900        638,839      1,984,906

Qatar                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,176,880        848,399      3,067,909
United Arab Emirates                (-)            (-)            (-)
Venezuela                     1,046,482        923,031      2,879,601

Non-OPEC                      3,816,098      3,224,799     10,220,285

Angola                          250,152        186,146        632,803
Bahamas                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                           24,249         31,205         58,917
Cameroon                         11,677            (-)         21,812
Canada                        1,120,905      1,008,497      3,031,524
China                            32,037         15,766         47,803
Congo (Brazzaville)              83,388         14,651        123,187
Congo (Kinshasa)                                 8,818         16,150

Ecuador                          65,611         74,587        212,635
Egypt                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                         17,135         37,104        117,117
Mexico                          972,335        785,407      2,676,677
Netherlands Antilles                (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                                            18,344         18,344
Trinidad and Tobago              30,387         44,570        121,080

All Other                     1,208,222        999,703      3,142,237
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                                        C.i.f. value in
                                     thousands of dollars

                                                          Cumulative
    Country                     March        February         2000

Total                         7,874,883      6,690,206     20,627,661

OPEC Total                    3,940,336      3,365,127     10,088,188

Algeria                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Indonesia                        38,479         75,669        138,282
Iran                                (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                            414,941        566,526      1,147,490
Kuwait                          158,538        219,269        557,700
Nigeria                       1,011,683        661,122      2,051,167

Qatar                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,229,581        888,776      3,212,707
United Arab Emirates                (-)            (-)            (-)
Venezuela                     1,087,113        953,766      2,980,841

Non-OPEC                      3,934,547      3,325,079     10,539,473

Angola                          260,214        194,099        659,564
Bahamas                             (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                           25,909         33,360         62,904
Cameroon                         12,159            (-)         22,644
Canada                        1,146,384      1,032,957      3,105,725
China                            33,634         16,695         50,329
Congo (Brazzaville)              86,710         15,447        128,835
Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)          9,216         16,937

Ecuador                          68,712         78,993        224,655
Egypt                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                         18,328         39,657        124,405
Mexico                          997,887        800,995      2,737,455
Netherlands Antilles                (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                                (-)         19,397         19,397
Trinidad and Tobago              31,315         45,731        124,613

All Other                     1,253,295      1,038,533      3,262,011

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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