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

Total                             309,975        301,375      2,289,529

OPEC Total                        160,142        146,896      1,132,079

Algeria                               (-)            (-)              2
Indonesia                           1,692            853         11,416
Iran                                  (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                               23,235         20,555        150,379
Kuwait                             10,164          7,273         60,313
Nigeria                            36,034         33,357        238,514

Qatar                                 (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                       45,107         42,129        341,505
United Arab Emirates                  564            392            956
Venezuela                          43,345         42,336        328,991

Non-OPEC                          149,833        154,479      1,157,450

Angola                              9,330         12,472         80,262
Bahamas                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                                651            154          4,757
Cameroon                              (-)            398          1,574
Canada                             43,603         40,457        346,044
China                               2,030          1,222          8,023
Congo (Brazzaville)                 2,810            966          9,473
Congo (Kinshasa)                      332            897          3,821

Ecuador                             4,306          3,899         23,684
Egypt                                 (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                              (-)          1,302          7,673
Mexico                             41,795         41,296        313,341
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                  (-)            (-)            781
Peru                                  (-)            (-)          1,495
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,701          1,667         12,715

All Other                          43,275         49,750        343,808
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                                         Customs value in
                                       thousands of dollars

                                                            Cumulative
     Country                     August          July           2000

Total                           8,241,718      8,366,474     58,586,874

OPEC Total                      4,216,150      4,031,255     28,735,974

Algeria                               (-)            (-)             56
Indonesia                          51,474         24,928        305,496
Iran                                  (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                              620,715        555,895      3,756,223
Kuwait                            250,125        206,003      1,472,522
Nigeria                         1,050,771      1,034,069      6,711,629

Qatar                                 (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                    1,149,397      1,107,811      8,535,363
United Arab Emirates               16,815         11,290         28,105
Venezuela                       1,076,854      1,091,260      7,926,580

Non-OPEC                        4,025,567      4,335,219     29,850,900

Angola                            261,510        372,129      2,174,319
Bahamas                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                             19,772          4,704        135,096
Cameroon                                          12,411         45,126
Canada                          1,142,978      1,088,643      8,579,498
China                              54,645         38,117        224,927
Congo (Brazzaville)                77,458         28,093        261,883
Congo (Kinshasa)                    8,274         25,616         98,561

Ecuador                           112,472        102,166        597,684
Egypt                                 (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                                8         35,005        216,265
Mexico                          1,062,511      1,082,574      7,712,166
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                  (-)            (-)         18,680
Peru                                  (-)            (-)         36,307
Trinidad and Tobago                51,574         53,663        366,004

All Other                       1,234,365      1,492,101      9,384,385
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                                          C.i.f. value in
                                        thousands of dollars

                                                            Cumulative
     Country                     August          July           2000

Total                           8,664,327      8,756,339     61,044,110

OPEC Total                      4,472,707      4,250,775     30,135,892

Algeria                               (-)            (-)             57
Indonesia                          54,789         26,516        324,014
Iran                                  (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                              664,199        594,474      3,977,707
Kuwait                            273,404        223,607      1,577,379
Nigeria                         1,100,813      1,080,077      6,987,841

Qatar                                 (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                    1,224,597      1,170,896      8,980,917
United Arab Emirates               18,421         12,039         30,461
Venezuela                       1,136,483      1,143,166      8,257,516

Non-OPEC                        4,191,620      4,505,564     30,908,218

Angola                            278,581        392,344      2,285,251
Bahamas                               (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                             21,249          4,972        144,762
Cameroon                              (-)         13,171         47,167
Canada                          1,169,249      1,113,799      8,784,082
China                              59,186         40,660        240,068
Congo (Brazzaville)                83,727         29,707        277,278
Congo (Kinshasa)                    8,976         27,178        104,432

Ecuador                           120,943        109,418        635,301
Egypt                                 (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                                8         37,862        230,734
Mexico                          1,097,254      1,115,863      7,922,174
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                  (-)            (-)         21,061
Peru                                  (-)            (-)         38,524
Trinidad and Tobago                53,887         56,140        379,488

All Other                       1,298,561      1,564,449      9,797,895


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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