
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 2000 - OCTOBER 2001 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)


         Total energy-related
         petroleum products (1)  Crude petroleum

          Quantity     Value     Quantity    1,000's     Value      Unit 
          (1,000's)   (1,000's   (1,000's) of barrels  (1,000's     price
 Period   of BBL's)    of $)     of BBL's) per day avg   of $)       ($)


2000                                                              
                                                                  

Jan.- Dec 4,314,825 117,057,022  3,399,239      9,288 89,876,433      26.44
Jan.- Oct 3,599,751  96,827,087  2,863,428      9,388 75,224,926      26.27
January     328,944   7,798,812    256,840      8,285  5,986,952      23.31
February    331,029   8,632,800    250,914      8,652  6,306,821      25.14
March       352,420   9,572,150    279,334      9,011  7,376,263      26.41
April       352,645   8,822,627    286,549      9,552  6,995,605      24.41
May         374,717   9,441,126    302,266      9,751  7,339,987      24.28
June        376,676  10,292,532    298,205      9,940  7,986,628      26.78

July        372,219  10,476,318    300,843      9,705  8,342,710      27.73
August      382,898  10,346,489    312,955     10,095  8,320,435      26.59
September   352,047  10,405,294    275,962      9,199  8,012,324      29.03
October     376,156  11,038,941    299,561      9,663  8,557,200      28.57
November    342,202  10,021,308    260,975      8,699  7,395,423      28.34
December    372,872  10,208,627    274,836      8,866  7,256,085      26.40


2001                            

                                                                  
Jan.- Oct 3,768,670  88,902,175  2,911,838      9,578 65,226,005      22.40
January     415,486  10,489,342    291,656      9,408  6,744,556      23.13
February    347,900   8,794,027    251,831      8,994  5,983,413      23.76
March       375,360   8,956,627    292,251      9,427  6,652,830      22.76
April       398,754   9,305,318    307,577     10,253  6,660,124      21.65
May         392,317   9,528,906    305,720      9,862  6,916,854      22.62
June        375,007   8,995,007    291,389      9,713  6,726,916      23.09

July        370,943   8,458,523    302,378      9,754  6,756,259      22.34
August      368,855   8,460,357    291,718      9,410  6,460,692      22.15
September   339,236   8,078,048    266,019      8,867  6,116,698      22.99
October     384,813   7,836,020    311,301     10,042  6,207,664      19.94
November                                                          
December                                                          

(1)  Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not
available on a Balance of Payments basis.  These products include the
following SITC commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum preparations,
and liquified propane and butane gas.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-196), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, October 2001.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.           


                         
                                 


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