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

Total                               295,283         271,793       2,856,605

OPEC Total                          156,603         138,508       1,427,190

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)               2
Indonesia                               386             385          12,188
Iran                                    (-)             993             993
Iraq                                 21,819          21,192         193,391
Kuwait                               15,746           9,406          85,465
Nigeria                              28,937          27,341         294,792

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                         45,573          41,085         428,164
United Arab Emirates                                                    956
Venezuela                            44,142          38,105         411,238

Non-OPEC                            138,680         133,285       1,429,416

Angola                                8,472           7,002          95,736
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  697           1,109           6,563
Cameroon                              1,274             (-)           2,848
Canada                               40,550          36,061         422,656
China                                 1,923           1,192          11,137
Congo (Brazzaville)                     986             882          11,342
Congo (Kinshasa)                        664             660           5,145

Ecuador                               5,415           3,483          32,582
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              2,039              45           9,756
Mexico                               39,027          41,787         394,155
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             225             225
Oman                                    (-)             (-)             781
Peru                                    (-)             (-)           1,495
Trinidad and Tobago                   1,328           1,748          15,791

All Other                            36,305          39,090         419,204
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                                            Customs value in
                                           thousands of dollars

                                                                 Cumulative
     Country                       October        September            2000

Total                             8,452,176       7,875,893      74,914,943

OPEC Total                        4,426,505       3,965,092      37,127,571

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)              56
Indonesia                            12,327          12,560         330,383
Iran                                    (-)          29,195          29,195
Iraq                                615,612         616,207       4,988,042
Kuwait                              423,815         245,864       2,142,201
Nigeria                             915,513         872,993       8,500,136

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      1,256,166       1,153,524      10,945,053
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)          28,105
Venezuela                         1,203,071       1,034,749      10,164,399

Non-OPEC                          4,025,671       3,910,801      37,787,373

Angola                              255,411         213,527       2,643,258
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                               24,803          37,508         197,407
Cameroon                             39,064             (-)          84,190
Canada                            1,135,951       1,000,713      10,716,161
China                                64,345          39,409         328,681
Congo (Brazzaville)                  28,551          28,323         318,758
Congo (Kinshasa)                     18,687          19,918         137,165

Ecuador                             152,810          98,963         849,457
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             69,956           1,636         287,857
Mexico                            1,072,435       1,199,062       9,983,664
Netherlands Antilles                                  8,950           8,950
Oman                                    (-)             (-)          18,680
Peru                                    (-)             (-)          36,307
Trinidad and Tobago                  37,882          60,719         464,605

All Other                         1,125,775       1,202,074      11,712,233



                                             C.i.f. value in
                                           thousands of dollars

                                                                 Cumulative
     Country                       October        September            2000

Total                             8,891,486       8,255,121      78,190,717

OPEC Total                        4,706,921       4,191,883      39,034,696

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)              57
Indonesia                            13,103          13,330         350,447
Iran                                    (-)          30,408          30,408
Iraq                                664,318         656,946       5,298,971
Kuwait                              465,361         267,857       2,310,597
Nigeria                             964,547         916,053       8,868,442

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      1,341,651       1,226,761      11,549,330
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)          30,461
Venezuela                         1,257,941       1,080,527      10,595,985

Non-OPEC                          4,184,565       4,063,238      39,156,021

Angola                              272,101         227,667       2,785,019
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                               26,197          39,910         210,868
Cameroon                             40,815             (-)          87,982
Canada                            1,161,022       1,023,607      10,968,711
China                                69,232          42,274         351,574
Congo (Brazzaville)                  29,599          30,717         337,594
Congo (Kinshasa)                     20,058          21,499         145,989

Ecuador                             164,131         108,088         907,520
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             74,910           1,794         307,438
Mexico                            1,102,212       1,231,209      10,255,595
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)           9,055           9,055
Oman                                    (-)             (-)          21,061
Peru                                    (-)             (-)          38,524
Trinidad and Tobago                  39,420          62,228         481,137

All Other                         1,184,869       1,265,190      12,247,954

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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