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

Total                               288,356         254,199       3,399,161

OPEC Total                          147,652         125,086       1,699,928

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)               2
Indonesia                             2,050             662          14,900
Iran                                    (-)             (-)             993
Iraq                                 23,320          15,778         232,489
Kuwait                                8,077           7,269         100,812
Nigeria                              23,505          24,529         342,826

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                         45,203          33,303         506,669
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)             956
Venezuela                            45,498          43,544         500,280

Non-OPEC                            140,704         129,113       1,699,233

Angola                               13,007          11,855         120,598
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  (-)             (-)           6,563
Cameroon                                (-)             (-)           2,848
Canada                               42,591          35,446         500,693
China                                 1,624             610          13,371
Congo (Brazzaville)                     525             525          12,391
Congo (Kinshasa)                        363             676           6,184

Ecuador                               3,389           3,599          39,570
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              1,693             320          11,769
Mexico                               41,787          37,545         473,487
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)             225
Oman                                    (-)             (-)             781
Peru                                    (-)             (-)           1,495
Trinidad and Tobago                   1,132           2,001          18,925

All Other                            34,594          36,537         490,334
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                                   Customs value in thousands of dollars

                                                                 Cumulative
     Country                       December        November          2000

Total                             7,650,198       7,220,490      89,785,632

OPEC Total                        3,926,335       3,548,807      44,602,713

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)              56
Indonesia                            60,654          21,118         412,156
Iran                                    (-)             (-)          29,195
Iraq                                642,072         466,623       6,096,738
Kuwait                              200,737         194,474       2,537,412
Nigeria                             737,132         786,545      10,023,813

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      1,204,363         933,315      13,082,731
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)          28,105
Venezuela                         1,081,377       1,146,731      12,392,507

Non-OPEC                          3,723,863       3,671,683      45,182,918

Angola                              397,135         350,972       3,391,364
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  (-)             (-)         197,407
Cameroon                                (-)             (-)          84,190
Canada                            1,060,950         938,340      12,715,451
China                                53,641          20,228         402,550
Congo (Brazzaville)                  14,477          14,490         347,725
Congo (Kinshasa)                     11,164          19,489         167,818

Ecuador                              97,866         107,543       1,054,865
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             55,756          11,037         354,651
Mexico                              959,471       1,009,956      11,953,090
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)           8,950
Oman                                    (-)             (-)          18,680
Peru                                    (-)             (-)          36,307
Trinidad and Tobago                  35,921          63,957         564,484

All Other                         1,037,482       1,135,671      13,885,387
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                                    C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars
 
                                                                 Cumulative
     Country                       December        November          2000

Total                             8,135,332       7,613,239      93,939,288

OPEC Total                        4,230,591       3,784,397      47,049,684

Algeria                                 (-)             (-)              57
Indonesia                            66,761          22,647         439,855
Iran                                    (-)             (-)          30,408
Iraq                                699,835         504,294       6,503,100
Kuwait                              226,718         217,308       2,754,623
Nigeria                             787,453         829,568      10,485,462

Qatar                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      1,301,505       1,000,637      13,851,472
United Arab Emirates                    (-)             (-)          30,461
Venezuela                         1,148,317       1,209,944      12,954,246

Non-OPEC                          3,904,741       3,828,842      46,889,604

Angola                              420,859         376,887       3,582,766
Bahamas                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                                  (-)             (-)         210,868
Cameroon                                (-)             (-)          87,982
Canada                            1,088,892         959,404      13,017,008
China                                58,504          21,832         431,910
Congo (Brazzaville)                  15,998          16,013         369,605
Congo (Kinshasa)                     12,041          21,230         179,260

Ecuador                             106,348         115,521       1,129,388
Egypt                                   (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                             60,280          11,746         379,465
Mexico                              998,896       1,040,538      12,295,029
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)             (-)           9,055
Oman                                    (-)             (-)          21,061
Peru                                    (-)             (-)          38,524
Trinidad and Tobago                  37,862          67,124         586,123

All Other                         1,105,060       1,198,546      14,551,561

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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