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

Total                           305,720     307,577   1,449,033

OPEC Total                      168,944     164,312     764,941

Algeria                           1,060         (-)       1,060
Indonesia                         2,087         364       6,145
Iran                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                             27,050      26,640      90,906
Kuwait                            7,547       7,642      38,983
Nigeria                          30,437      31,502     146,811

Qatar                               (-)         (-)         (-)
Saudi Arabia                     56,242      49,230     253,579
United Arab Emirates              1,095       2,282       3,377
Venezuela                        43,426      46,653     224,079

Non-OPEC                        136,775     143,264     684,092

Angola                            8,108      13,155      56,971
Bahamas                             (-)         (-)         (-)
Brunei                              798         703       3,132
Cameroon                            (-)         (-)         361
Canada                           40,699      41,958     203,476
China                               648         420       2,529
Congo (Brazzaville)                 (-)         968       5,124
Congo (Kinshasa)                    345       1,020       2,037

Ecuador                           4,148       4,106      18,622
Egypt                               (-)         (-)         (-)
Malaysia                            (-)         655       1,688
Mexico                           40,130      40,206     196,988
Netherlands Antilles                (-)         (-)         (-)
Oman                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Peru                                (-)         (-)         360
Trinidad and Tobago               1,734       1,603       7,800

All Other                        40,165      38,471     185,004
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                                      Customs value in
                                    thousands of dollars

                                                     Cumulative
     Country                    May        April        2001

Total                         6,916,854   6,660,124  32,957,777

OPEC Total                    3,772,694   3,587,767  17,371,540

Algeria                          28,639         (-)      28,639
Indonesia                        56,672       9,010     162,142
Iran                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                            579,169     555,556   2,017,752
Kuwait                          149,960     149,944     791,236
Nigeria                         848,574     839,143   4,002,396

Qatar                               (-)         (-)         (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,208,155   1,021,006   5,590,124
United Arab Emirates             26,641      59,854      86,495
Venezuela                       874,884     953,254   4,692,755

Non-OPEC                      3,144,160   3,072,357  15,586,237

Angola                          218,235     314,010   1,424,137
Bahamas                             (-)         (-)         (-)
Brunei                           23,794      19,332      93,880
Cameroon                            (-)         (-)      10,465
Canada                          860,390     869,772   4,367,042
China                            17,919      10,047      68,693
Congo (Brazzaville)                 (-)      22,665     129,825
Congo (Kinshasa)                  8,455      22,639      45,700

Ecuador                          88,753      79,403     400,650
Egypt                               (-)         (-)         (-)
Malaysia                            (-)      15,983      44,136
Mexico                          824,131     730,532   3,971,104
Netherlands Antilles                (-)         (-)         (-)
Oman                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Peru                                (-)         (-)       8,433
Trinidad and Tobago              44,865      40,217     207,659

All Other                     1,057,617     947,756   4,814,513
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                                       C.i.f. value in
                                     thousands of dollars

                                                     Cumulative
     Country                    May        April        2001

Total                         7,311,448   7,078,229  35,082,460

OPEC Total                    4,049,479   3,850,567  18,744,569

Algeria                          30,231         (-)      30,231
Indonesia                        64,007      10,237     182,163
Iran                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Iraq                            637,598     616,122   2,231,069
Kuwait                          170,059     167,520     896,468
Nigeria                         875,857     869,204   4,196,622

Qatar                               (-)         (-)         (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,312,825   1,111,574   6,145,035
United Arab Emirates             30,497      66,129      96,626
Venezuela                       928,405   1,009,780   4,966,356

Non-OPEC                      3,261,969   3,227,662  16,337,890

Angola                          231,417     332,702   1,522,513
Bahamas                             (-)         (-)         (-)
Brunei                           26,134      21,237     103,661
Cameroon                            (-)         (-)      11,007
Canada                          884,102     894,439   4,484,086
China                            19,341      11,253      74,495
Congo (Brazzaville)                 (-)      24,494     141,578
Congo (Kinshasa)                  9,189      24,843      50,013

Ecuador                          98,354      91,223     447,980
Egypt                               (-)         (-)         (-)
Malaysia                            (-)      18,169      50,124
Mexico                          840,219     755,244   4,099,153
Netherlands Antilles                (-)         (-)         (-)
Oman                                (-)         (-)         (-)
Peru                                (-)         (-)       9,344
Trinidad and Tobago              47,028      42,956     220,608

All Other                     1,106,184   1,011,102   5,123,329

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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