EXHIBIT 3.  GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, 
            NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: March 2001

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                            March        February         2001

Total                                  292,251        251,831        835,737

OPEC Total                             156,513        130,364        431,685

Algeria                                    (-)            (-)            (-)
Indonesia                                1,557            651          3,695
Iran                                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                                    16,171          8,737         37,215
Kuwait                                   8,333          7,339         23,794
Nigeria                                 35,765         20,226         84,872

Qatar                                      (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                            50,165         51,827        148,108
United Arab Emirates                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Venezuela                               44,522         41,585        134,001

Non-OPEC                               135,738        121,466        404,052

Angola                                  12,018         12,817         35,708
Bahamas                                    (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                                   1,078            (-)          1,632
Cameroon                                   (-)            361            361
Canada                                  39,687         39,784        120,820
China                                      433            (-)          1,462
Congo (Brazzaville)                        963          1,266          4,156
Congo (Kinshasa)                           326            (-)            671

Ecuador                                  2,303          2,533         10,369
Egypt                                      (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                                 1,033            (-)          1,033
Mexico                                  44,217         29,654        116,652
Netherlands Antilles                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                                       360            (-)            360
Trinidad and Tobago                      1,745            991          4,463

All Other                               31,575         34,060        106,367
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                                               Customs value in
                                             thousands of dollars

                                                                  Cumulative
     Country                           March        February         2001

Total                                6,652,830      5,983,413     19,380,799

OPEC Total                           3,576,664      3,075,958     10,011,079

Algeria                                    (-)            (-)            (-)
Indonesia                               38,884         16,154         96,461
Iran                                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                                   364,778        212,676        883,027
Kuwait                                 170,674        157,611        491,331
Nigeria                                980,162        575,474      2,314,680

Qatar                                      (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                         1,105,790      1,195,169      3,360,963
United Arab Emirates                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Venezuela                              916,376        918,876      2,864,618

Non-OPEC                             3,076,166      2,907,454      9,369,720

Angola                                 307,151        324,412        891,892
Bahamas                                    (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                                  32,623            (-)         50,753
Cameroon                                   (-)         10,465         10,465
Canada                                 857,898        879,476      2,636,880
China                                   10,493            (-)         40,727
Congo (Brazzaville)                     25,464         31,693        107,160
Congo (Kinshasa)                         7,509            (-)         14,607

Ecuador                                 47,035         56,248        232,495
Egypt                                      (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                                28,153            (-)         28,153
Mexico                                 878,660        644,998      2,416,441
Netherlands Antilles                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                                     8,433            (-)          8,433
Trinidad and Tobago                     46,710         28,965        122,576

All Other                              826,037        931,196      2,809,140
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                                               C.i.f. value in
                                             thousands of dollars

                                                                  Cumulative
     Country                            March        February         2001

Total                                7,102,515      6,373,010     20,692,783

OPEC Total                           3,861,705      3,333,060     10,844,523

Algeria                                    (-)            (-)            (-)
Indonesia                               44,724         18,261        107,918
Iran                                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Iraq                                   400,952        234,529        977,349
Kuwait                                 191,232        176,895        558,888
Nigeria                              1,027,163        609,393      2,451,561

Qatar                                      (-)            (-)            (-)
Saudi Arabia                         1,225,786      1,328,687      3,720,636
United Arab Emirates                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Venezuela                              971,848        965,295      3,028,171

Non-OPEC                             3,240,810      3,039,951      9,848,260

Angola                                 326,262        349,294        958,395
Bahamas                                    (-)            (-)            (-)
Brunei                                  36,002            (-)         56,290
Cameroon                                   (-)         11,007         11,007
Canada                                 878,534        901,275      2,705,545
China                                   10,493            (-)         43,901
Congo (Brazzaville)                     28,517         33,043        117,084
Congo (Kinshasa)                         7,979            (-)         15,981

Ecuador                                 54,358         62,423        258,403
Egypt                                      (-)            (-)            (-)
Malaysia                                31,955            (-)         31,955
Mexico                                 916,762        662,156      2,503,690
Netherlands Antilles                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Oman                                       (-)            (-)            (-)
Peru                                     9,344            (-)          9,344
Trinidad and Tobago                     49,531         30,869        130,623

All Other                              891,074        989,884      3,006,043

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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