           EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY,
                     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: October 2002
                                        
     Details may not equal totals due to rounding.  (-) Represents zero or
                 less than one-half unit of measurement shown.
                                        

                             Net Quantity in
                             thousands of barrels

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      October         September       2002

Total                           307,469         267,241       2,839,976

OPEC Total                      139,053         122,769       1,297,683

Algeria                           1,229             971          10,276
Indonesia                         2,054           1,458          16,511
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                              5,831           5,149         150,512
Kuwait                            6,377           7,880          67,468

Nigeria                          17,038          13,360         173,615
Qatar                               994           1,103           3,195
Saudi Arabia                     51,812          41,581         443,860
United Arab Emirates                  0             508           1,516
Venezuela                        53,719          50,758         430,730

Non-OPEC                        168,416         144,472       1,542,294

Angola                            8,704           8,778         104,016
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                                0               0           2,437
Cameroon                            298             900           3,998
Canada                           45,711          43,576         425,674
China                             1,493               0           6,266
Congo (Brazzaville)                   0               0           4,595
Congo (Kinshasa)                  1,315               0           4,088

Ecuador                           5,454           3,025          32,746
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                            528               0           3,072
Mexico                           46,841          42,977         444,855
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                                  0           1,957           4,525
Peru                                  0             380           1,799
Trinidad and Tobago               2,861           2,290          19,899

All Other                        55,211          40,590         484,323
                                        
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      October         September       2002

Total                         8,046,780       6,807,250      63,171,303

OPEC Total                    3,646,436       3,130,778      28,611,065

Algeria                          35,886          27,200         257,989
Indonesia                        55,611          39,152         365,986
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            157,103         133,126       3,010,628
Kuwait                          157,367         198,655       1,417,121

Nigeria                         493,743         377,300       4,345,563
Qatar                            25,332          27,939          81,758
Saudi Arabia                  1,361,210       1,084,658       9,974,545
United Arab Emirates                  0          12,914          38,037
Venezuela                     1,360,184       1,229,834       9,119,438

Non-OPEC                      4,400,343       3,676,472      34,560,239

Angola                          246,017         229,650       2,403,427
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                                0               0          60,150
Cameroon                          8,499          26,146         107,487
Canada                        1,124,536       1,059,850       8,984,266
China                            41,471               0         153,322
Congo (Brazzaville)                   0               0          98,930
Congo (Kinshasa)                 37,034               0         101,966

Ecuador                         146,858          78,642         748,194
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                         15,144               0          81,530
Mexico                        1,171,507       1,055,477       9,382,294
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                                  0          50,180         112,268
Peru                                  0           9,330          38,538
Trinidad and Tobago              83,718          65,946         509,729

All Other                     1,525,560       1,101,251      11,778,138
                                        
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      October         September       2002


Total                         8,323,532       7,044,764      65,663,191

OPEC Total                    3,793,081       3,251,741      29,943,074

Algeria                          37,274          28,462         270,872
Indonesia                        58,589          41,021         390,836
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            164,044         139,652       3,181,520
Kuwait                          163,726         208,666       1,496,411

Nigeria                         508,985         390,571       4,507,512
Qatar                            26,885          29,536          86,324
Saudi Arabia                  1,432,621       1,136,656      10,512,952
United Arab Emirates                  0          13,667          40,170
Venezuela                     1,400,958       1,263,510       9,456,477

Non-OPEC                      4,530,451       3,793,024      35,720,116

Angola                          257,711         242,215       2,524,459
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                                0               0          63,628
Cameroon                          8,888          27,338         112,553
Canada                        1,151,852       1,091,149       9,235,427
China                            43,417               0         161,356
Congo (Brazzaville)                   0               0         103,151
Congo (Kinshasa)                 38,367               0         106,116

Ecuador                         153,900          82,472         791,755
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                         15,838               0          85,115
Mexico                        1,195,010       1,076,710       9,591,294
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                                  0          53,181         118,945
Peru                                  0           9,330          39,968
Trinidad and Tobago              85,661          67,645         522,245

All Other                     1,579,807       1,142,982      12,264,104
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-02-162), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, October 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
