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

Total                               280,634          311,301        3,192,472

OPEC Total                          135,152          159,284        1,663,443

Algeria                                 434              (-)            2,351
Indonesia                             1,700              273           13,913
Iran                                    (-)              (-)              (-)
Iraq                                 24,433           38,109          249,645
Kuwait                                6,907            7,686           84,044
Nigeria                              17,362           27,661          290,189

Qatar                                   (-)              (-)              (-)
Saudi Arabia                         44,459           42,325          542,066
United Arab Emirates                    (-)              486            5,342
Venezuela                            39,856           42,745          475,893

Non-OPEC                            145,481          152,016        1,529,029

Angola                                7,070           10,182          114,000
Bahamas                                 (-)              (-)              (-)
Brunei                                  317              598            6,372
Cameroon                                317              317            1,582
Canada                               39,391           44,987          443,939
China                                   (-)              664            4,683
Congo (Brazzaville)                   1,245            1,301           13,519
Congo (Kinshasa)                        349              325            4,803

Ecuador                               2,179            5,405           38,745
Egypt                                   (-)              (-)            2,522
Malaysia                                348            1,060            4,413
Mexico                               48,908           48,984          453,621
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)              (-)              (-)
Oman                                    (-)              (-)            6,106
Peru                                    284              208            1,948
Trinidad and Tobago                   1,649            1,188           17,267

All Other                            43,426           36,797          415,509
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                                            Customs value in
                                          thousands of dollars

                                                                   Cumulative
     Country                      November          October           2001

Total                             4,807,007        6,207,664       70,033,011

OPEC Total                        2,240,651        3,102,070       36,137,445

Algeria                               9,048              (-)           66,092
Indonesia                            33,784            6,673          353,973
Iran                                    (-)              (-)              (-)
Iraq                                399,415          764,460        5,256,931
Kuwait                              104,000          135,766        1,638,192
Nigeria                             351,753          651,533        7,705,039

Qatar                                   (-)              (-)              (-)
Saudi Arabia                        724,705          773,704       11,495,358
United Arab Emirates                    (-)           12,670          137,639
Venezuela                           617,945          757,263        9,484,220

Non-OPEC                          2,566,356        3,105,594       33,895,567

Angola                              140,746          228,784        2,829,923
Bahamas                                 (-)              (-)              (-)
Brunei                                6,277           14,850          179,200
Cameroon                              6,236            5,839           38,668
Canada                              704,526          925,622        9,417,501
China                                   (-)           13,580          120,591
Congo (Brazzaville)                  30,607           29,464          342,874
Congo (Kinshasa)                      5,922            6,086          108,316

Ecuador                              38,433           97,515          806,661
Egypt                                   (-)              (-)           54,343
Malaysia                              6,903           26,736          114,462
Mexico                              715,383          877,771        8,827,422
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)              (-)              (-)
Oman                                    (-)              (-)          155,266
Peru                                  4,139            3,478           40,273
Trinidad and Tobago                  32,249           26,799          444,947

All Other                           874,936          849,069       10,415,121
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                                             C.i.f. value in
                                           thousands of dollars

                                                                   Cumulative
     Country                      November          October           2001

Total                             5,035,761        6,465,783       73,792,381

OPEC Total                        2,377,596        3,256,290       38,541,224

Algeria                               9,319              (-)           68,614
Indonesia                            36,940            7,430          392,647
Iran                                    (-)              (-)              (-)
Iraq                                432,262          814,535        5,708,317
Kuwait                              117,769          146,544        1,825,299
Nigeria                             364,285          668,797        8,008,943

Qatar                                   (-)              (-)              (-)
Saudi Arabia                        765,335          815,829       12,404,841
United Arab Emirates                    (-)           13,702          151,651
Venezuela                           651,686          789,453        9,980,911

Non-OPEC                          2,658,165        3,209,493       35,251,157

Angola                              146,263          237,993        2,989,538
Bahamas                                 (-)              (-)              (-)
Brunei                                6,824           16,261          195,432
Cameroon                              6,590            6,572           40,893
Canada                              718,015          947,126        9,644,502
China                                   (-)           15,029          131,351
Congo (Brazzaville)                  32,025           31,041          365,481
Congo (Kinshasa)                      6,467            6,086          120,812

Ecuador                              41,695          107,221          889,535
Egypt                                   (-)              (-)           58,592
Malaysia                              8,045           28,796          126,082
Mexico                              731,116          893,959        9,042,593
Netherlands Antilles                    (-)              (-)              (-)
Oman                                    (-)              (-)          166,713
Peru                                  4,139            3,478           41,183
Trinidad and Tobago                  32,249           26,799          461,142

All Other                           924,737          889,131       10,977,308

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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