                        EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE OIL BY COUNTRY,
                               NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: October 2003
                                                  
               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       2003

Total                           327,444         316,193       3,066,016

OPEC Total                      152,918         147,684       1,448,551

Algeria                           3,372           6,067          36,980
Indonesia                         2,862             940           8,744
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                             20,351           7,780         122,087
Kuwait                            4,668           7,857          63,310

Nigeria                          29,566          25,548         261,402
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                     44,744          54,477         543,637
United Arab Emirates                (-)             797           2,928
Venezuela                        47,354          44,218         409,463

Non-OPEC                        174,526         168,509       1,617,465

Angola                           12,886          12,843         126,216
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                            1,420             (-)           5,790
Cameroon                            (-)             799           3,537
Canada                           53,137          41,441         452,169
China                               157             716           3,791
Congo (Brazzaville)                 974             948           8,097
Congo (Kinshasa)                    289             350           2,639

Ecuador                           6,061           5,001          41,173
Egypt                               (-)             (-)             988
Malaysia                            288             664           6,125
Mexico                           51,397          48,127         464,101
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                              1,732           2,244          12,195
Peru                                431             (-)           3,521
Trinidad and Tobago               1,865           2,054          21,536

All Other                        43,889          53,321         465,586
                                                  
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      October         September       2003

Total                         8,594,549       8,371,844      82,775,300

OPEC Total                    4,029,287       3,866,778      38,987,441

Algeria                         100,635         170,544       1,083,853
Indonesia                        76,445          26,364         249,671
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                            533,052         208,668       3,412,457
Kuwait                          118,786         196,050       1,626,391

Nigeria                         858,382         759,518       7,909,238
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,176,644       1,415,407      14,437,184
United Arab Emirates                (-)          22,417          81,256
Venezuela                     1,165,342       1,067,811      10,187,391

Non-OPEC                      4,565,261       4,505,066      43,787,859

Angola                          355,240         367,225       3,613,741
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                           46,884             (-)         181,931
Cameroon                            (-)          23,848         106,700
Canada                        1,334,429       1,080,163      11,783,054
China                             4,424          20,172         110,256
Congo (Brazzaville)              28,396          25,814         233,437
Congo (Kinshasa)                  7,861           9,197          75,000

Ecuador                         151,949         130,205       1,128,589
Egypt                               (-)             (-)          22,800
Malaysia                          8,522          19,448         181,154
Mexico                        1,273,116       1,194,017      11,819,248
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                             45,923          64,869         315,943
Peru                             10,904             (-)          99,125
Trinidad and Tobago              53,121          57,949         654,823

All Other                     1,244,494       1,512,158      13,462,058
                                                  
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      October         September       2003


Total                         8,957,725       8,733,126      87,127,244

OPEC Total                    4,234,466       4,074,358      41,525,910

Algeria                         105,254         176,657       1,148,617
Indonesia                        83,147          28,792         270,267
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                            564,239         220,112       3,669,110
Kuwait                          125,865         210,800       1,766,260

Nigeria                         890,492         785,830       8,286,362
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,255,094       1,520,254      15,616,586
United Arab Emirates                (-)          24,163          89,657
Venezuela                     1,210,374       1,107,750      10,679,049

Non-OPEC                      4,723,259       4,658,767      45,601,334

Angola                          369,577         381,428       3,820,669
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                           49,586             (-)         193,799
Cameroon                            (-)          24,507         111,527
Canada                        1,373,294       1,111,931      12,121,053
China                             4,676          21,260         118,650
Congo (Brazzaville)              29,253          26,781         246,095
Congo (Kinshasa)                  8,338           9,644          79,322

Ecuador                         163,279         139,417       1,221,662
Egypt                               (-)             (-)          23,880
Malaysia                          9,051          20,902         194,030
Mexico                        1,305,248       1,222,621      12,200,826
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                             49,451          69,118         337,462
Peru                             11,824             (-)         106,533
Trinidad and Tobago              54,743          59,798         679,143

All Other                     1,294,938       1,571,359      14,146,684
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-03-191, BEA-03-50), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, October 2003.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
