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

Total                               254,199         295,283       3,110,804

OPEC Total                          125,086         156,603       1,552,276

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)               2
Indonesia                               662             386          12,850
Iran                                                                    993
Iraq                                 15,778          21,819         209,169
Kuwait                                7,269          15,746          92,735
Nigeria                              24,529          28,937         319,321

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                         33,303          45,573         461,467
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)             956
Venezuela                            43,544          44,142         454,782

Non-OPEC                            129,113         138,680       1,558,529

Angola                               11,855           8,472         107,591
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  (-)             697           6,563
Cameroon                                (-)           1,274           2,848
Canada                               35,446          40,550         458,102
China                                   610           1,923          11,747
Congo (Brazzaville)                     525             986          11,867
Congo (Kinshasa)                        676             664           5,821

Ecuador                               3,599           5,415          36,181
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                                320           2,039          10,075
Mexico                               37,545          39,027         431,700
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)             225
Oman                                    (-)             (-)             781
Peru                                    (-)             (-)           1,495
Trinidad and Tobago                   2,001           1,328          17,793

All Other                            36,537          36,305         455,741
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                                             Customs value in
                                           thousands of dollars
                                                                 Cumulative
     Country                       November        October            2000

Total                             7,220,490       8,452,176      82,135,434

OPEC Total                        3,548,807       4,426,505      40,676,378

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)              56
Indonesia                            21,118          12,327         351,502
Iran                                    (-)             (-)          29,195
Iraq                                466,623         615,612       5,454,666
Kuwait                              194,474         423,815       2,336,676
Nigeria                             786,545         915,513       9,286,681

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                        933,315       1,256,166      11,878,368
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)          28,105
Venezuela                         1,146,731       1,203,071      11,311,130

Non-OPEC                          3,671,683       4,025,671      41,459,056

Angola                              350,972         255,411       2,994,229
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  (-)          24,803         197,407
Cameroon                                (-)          39,064          84,190
Canada                              938,340       1,135,951      11,654,502
China                                20,228          64,345         348,909
Congo (Brazzaville)                  14,490          28,551         333,248
Congo (Kinshasa)                     19,489          18,687         156,654

Ecuador                             107,543         152,810         956,999
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             11,037          69,956         298,894
Mexico                            1,009,956       1,072,435      10,993,620
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)           8,950
Oman                                    (-)             (-)          18,680
Peru                                    (-)             (-)          36,307
Trinidad and Tobago                  63,957          37,882         528,562

All Other                         1,135,671       1,125,775      12,847,905
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                                             C.i.f. value in
                                           thousands of dollars
                                                                 Cumulative
     Country                       November        October            2000

Total                             7,613,239       8,891,486      85,803,956

OPEC Total                        3,784,397       4,706,921      42,819,093

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)              57
Indonesia                            22,647          13,103         373,094
Iran                                    (-)             (-)          30,408
Iraq                                504,294         664,318       5,803,264
Kuwait                              217,308         465,361       2,527,905
Nigeria                             829,568         964,547       9,698,009

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      1,000,637       1,341,651      12,549,967
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)          30,461
Venezuela                         1,209,944       1,257,941      11,805,928

Non-OPEC                          3,828,842       4,184,565      42,984,863

Angola                              376,887         272,101       3,161,906
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  (-)          26,197         210,868
Cameroon                                (-)          40,815          87,982
Canada                              959,404       1,161,022      11,928,116
China                                21,832          69,232         373,405
Congo (Brazzaville)                  16,013          29,599         353,606
Congo (Kinshasa)                     21,230          20,058         167,219

Ecuador                             115,521         164,131       1,023,041
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             11,746          74,910         319,184
Mexico                            1,040,538       1,102,212      11,296,133
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)           9,055
Oman                                    (-)             (-)          21,061
Peru                                    (-)             (-)          38,524
Trinidad and Tobago                  67,124          39,420         548,261

All Other                         1,198,546       1,184,869      13,446,500

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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