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

Total                           289,305         296,124       3,425,406

OPEC Total                      133,181         128,673       1,559,537

Algeria                           1,824             627          12,727
Indonesia                           734             381          17,626
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                             14,245           9,577         174,334
Kuwait                            7,885           6,974          82,328

Nigeria                          20,068          19,581         213,263
Qatar                                 0               0           3,195
Saudi Arabia                     57,296          42,612         543,768
United Arab Emirates                499             497           2,513
Venezuela                        30,629          48,424         509,784

Non-OPEC                        156,125         167,451       1,865,869

Angola                            9,868          13,294         127,178
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                                0             725           3,162
Cameroon                              0               0           3,998
Canada                           45,621          44,354         515,649
China                               417             633           7,315
Congo (Brazzaville)                 986               0           5,581
Congo (Kinshasa)                    326               0           4,414

Ecuador                           4,453           4,064          41,263
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                              0             586           3,659
Mexico                           48,233          39,220         532,307
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                                522               0           5,047
Peru                                151             199           2,149
Trinidad and Tobago               1,703           1,925          23,527

All Other                        43,845          62,451         590,618
                                        
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      December        November        2002

Total                         6,986,268       7,214,294      77,371,866

OPEC Total                    3,223,923       3,046,309      34,881,297

Algeria                          45,939          15,011         318,938
Indonesia                        19,955          10,253         396,194
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            347,221         232,495       3,590,343
Kuwait                          179,770         165,028       1,761,920

Nigeria                         533,228         517,178       5,395,970
Qatar                                 0               0          81,758
Saudi Arabia                  1,392,016       1,006,412      12,372,973
United Arab Emirates             13,708          12,244          63,989
Venezuela                       692,085       1,087,687      10,899,211

Non-OPEC                      3,762,345       4,167,985      42,490,569

Angola                          239,788         347,513       2,990,729
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                                0          18,658          78,808
Cameroon                              0               0         107,487
Canada                        1,051,450       1,057,396      11,093,112
China                            11,990          16,488         181,799
Congo (Brazzaville)              26,393               0         125,323
Congo (Kinshasa)                  8,122               0         110,088

Ecuador                         105,829          96,067         950,090
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                              0          17,125          98,655
Mexico                        1,104,603         898,082      11,384,979
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                             12,789               0         125,057
Peru                              4,210           5,577          48,325
Trinidad and Tobago              42,477          50,713         602,918

All Other                     1,154,695       1,660,366      14,593,199
                                        
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      December        November        2002


Total                         7,305,597       7,498,537      80,467,325

OPEC Total                    3,403,801       3,187,709      36,534,585

Algeria                          49,449          16,152         336,473
Indonesia                        20,907          10,709         422,452
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            369,295         244,769       3,795,585
Kuwait                          190,934         172,800       1,860,145

Nigeria                         560,555         536,825       5,604,891
Qatar                                 0               0          86,324
Saudi Arabia                  1,471,435       1,062,031      13,046,418
United Arab Emirates             14,540          13,151          67,862
Venezuela                       726,686       1,131,273      11,314,436

Non-OPEC                      3,901,796       4,310,828      43,932,740

Angola                          254,970         360,999       3,140,429
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                                0          19,403          83,031
Cameroon                              0               0         112,553
Canada                        1,082,612       1,085,253      11,403,291
China                            12,565          17,649         191,569
Congo (Brazzaville)              27,598               0         130,749
Congo (Kinshasa)                  8,622               0         114,738

Ecuador                         113,702         102,467       1,007,924
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Malaysia                              0          18,398         103,512
Mexico                        1,132,420         920,994      11,644,709
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Oman                             13,334               0         132,280
Peru                              4,426           5,777          50,171
Trinidad and Tobago              44,610          52,512         619,367

All Other                     1,206,936       1,727,377      15,198,417
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-03-29), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
Division, December 2002.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
