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

Total                               297,032         281,594       1,377,277

OPEC Total                          147,817         135,785         675,112

Algeria                                                   2               2
Indonesia                             1,070           1,484           7,760
Iran                                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                                 17,164          18,446          83,323
Kuwait                                7,502           6,083          35,703
Nigeria                              28,745          31,919         132,005

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                         50,812          41,484         215,084
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                            42,524          36,367         201,236

Non-OPEC                            149,215         145,808         702,165

Angola                               12,606          14,439          50,409
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  107             660           2,918
Cameroon                                (-)             (-)             776
Canada                               42,927          42,498         214,349
China                                   (-)           1,003           2,761
Congo (Brazzaville)                     134           1,101           5,697
Congo (Kinshasa)                        349             543           1,567

Ecuador                               2,688           1,451          12,937
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                                618             763           5,592
Mexico                               42,183          37,305         189,679
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                    781             (-)             781
Peru                                    (-)             688           1,495
Trinidad and Tobago                   1,430           2,099           7,785

All Other                            45,391          43,259         205,422
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                                                Customs value in
                                              thousands of dollars

                                                                Cumulative
     Country                         May            April            2000

Total                             7,174,992       6,877,891      33,960,430

OPEC Total                        3,553,650       3,264,666      16,505,578

Algeria                                 (-)              47              47
Indonesia                            27,964          39,767         198,664
Iran                                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                                421,616         454,619       1,971,399
Kuwait                              173,188         139,102         841,039
Nigeria                             732,034         827,393       3,544,334

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      1,203,540         994,829       5,266,279
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                           995,307         808,909       4,683,818

Non-OPEC                          3,621,342       3,613,225      17,454,852

Angola                              301,646         372,132       1,306,581
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                2,938          19,032          80,886
Cameroon                                (-)             (-)          21,812
Canada                            1,028,041       1,076,777       5,136,342
China                                   (-)          26,197          74,000
Congo (Brazzaville)                   2,811          30,335         156,333
Congo (Kinshasa)                      9,116          12,596          37,862

Ecuador                              64,835          37,445         314,915
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             16,705          24,476         158,298
Mexico                            1,005,830         827,969       4,510,475
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                 18,680             (-)          18,680
Peru                                    (-)          17,963          36,307
Trinidad and Tobago                  36,254          57,761         215,094

All Other                         1,134,487       1,110,543       5,387,266
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                                                C.i.f. value in
                                              thousands of dollars

                                                                 Cumulative
     Country                         May            April            2000

Total                             7,476,335       7,167,950      35,271,947

OPEC Total                        3,725,744       3,421,007      17,234,939

Algeria                                 (-)              47              47
Indonesia                            29,888          42,139         210,309
Iran                                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                                445,937         478,616       2,072,043
Kuwait                              184,637         148,691         891,028
Nigeria                             765,248         861,913       3,678,328

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      1,266,811       1,044,164       5,523,682
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         1,033,224         845,438       4,859,503

Non-OPEC                          3,750,592       3,746,943      18,037,008

Angola                              319,255         390,377       1,369,196
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                3,123          20,488          86,515
Cameroon                                (-)             (-)          22,644
Canada                            1,052,462       1,102,803       5,260,990
China                                   (-)          27,844          78,172
Congo (Brazzaville)                   3,018          31,992         163,845
Congo (Kinshasa)                      9,585          13,398          39,919

Ecuador                              69,207          39,431         333,294
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             17,927          25,760         168,092
Mexico                            1,030,701         855,461       4,623,618
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                 21,061             (-)          21,061
Peru                                    (-)          19,127          38,524
Trinidad and Tobago                  37,561          60,030         222,205

All Other                         1,186,691       1,160,232       5,608,934

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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