           EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY,
                     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: November 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                      November        October         2002

Total                           296,124         307,469       3,136,101

OPEC Total                      128,673         139,053       1,426,356

Algeria                             627           1,229          10,903
Indonesia                           381           2,054          16,892
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                              9,577           5,831         160,089
Kuwait                            6,974           6,377          74,442

Nigeria                          19,581          17,038         193,196
Qatar                                 0             994           3,195
Saudi Arabia                     42,612          51,812         486,472
United Arab Emirates                497               0           2,013
Venezuela                        48,424          53,719         479,154

Non-OPEC                        167,451         168,416       1,709,744

Angola                           13,294           8,704         117,310
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                              725               0           3,162
Cameroon                              0             298           3,998
Canada                           44,354          45,711         470,028
China                               633           1,493           6,898
Congo (Brazzaville)                   0               0           4,595
Congo (Kinshasa)                      0           1,315           4,088

Ecuador                           4,064           5,454          36,810
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                            586             528           3,659
Mexico                           39,220          46,841         484,074
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                                  0               0           4,525
Peru                                199               0           1,998
Trinidad and Tobago               1,925           2,861          21,824

All Other                        62,451          55,211         546,774
                                        
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      November        October         2002

Total                         7,214,294       8,046,780      70,385,597

OPEC Total                    3,046,309       3,646,436      31,657,374

Algeria                          15,011          35,886         272,999
Indonesia                        10,253          55,611         376,239
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            232,495         157,103       3,243,122
Kuwait                          165,028         157,367       1,582,150

Nigeria                         517,178         493,743       4,862,741
Qatar                                 0          25,332          81,758
Saudi Arabia                  1,006,412       1,361,210      10,980,957
United Arab Emirates             12,244               0          50,281
Venezuela                     1,087,687       1,360,184      10,207,125

Non-OPEC                      4,167,985       4,400,343      38,728,224

Angola                          347,513         246,017       2,750,941
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                           18,658               0          78,808
Cameroon                              0           8,499         107,487
Canada                        1,057,396       1,124,536      10,041,662
China                            16,488          41,471         169,810
Congo (Brazzaville)                   0               0          98,930
Congo (Kinshasa)                      0          37,034         101,966

Ecuador                          96,067         146,858         844,261
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                         17,125          15,144          98,655
Mexico                          898,082       1,171,507      10,280,376
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                                  0               0         112,268
Peru                              5,577               0          44,115
Trinidad and Tobago              50,713          83,718         560,442

All Other                     1,660,366       1,525,560      13,438,504
                                        
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      November        October         2002


Total                         7,498,537       8,323,532      73,161,728

OPEC Total                    3,187,709       3,793,081      33,130,783

Algeria                          16,152          37,274         287,023
Indonesia                        10,709          58,589         401,545
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            244,769         164,044       3,426,290
Kuwait                          172,800         163,726       1,669,212

Nigeria                         536,825         508,985       5,044,336
Qatar                                 0          26,885          86,324
Saudi Arabia                  1,062,031       1,432,621      11,574,982
United Arab Emirates             13,151               0          53,322
Venezuela                     1,131,273       1,400,958      10,587,750

Non-OPEC                      4,310,828       4,530,451      40,030,944

Angola                          360,999         257,711       2,885,458
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                           19,403               0          83,031
Cameroon                              0           8,888         112,553
Canada                        1,085,253       1,151,852      10,320,680
China                            17,649          43,417         179,004
Congo (Brazzaville)                   0               0         103,151
Congo (Kinshasa)                      0          38,367         106,116

Ecuador                         102,467         153,900         894,222
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                         18,398          15,838         103,512
Mexico                          920,994       1,195,010      10,512,289
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                                  0               0         118,945
Peru                              5,777               0          45,745
Trinidad and Tobago              52,512          85,661         574,757

All Other                     1,727,377       1,579,807      13,991,481
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-03-15), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, November 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
