                        EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE OIL BY COUNTRY,
                                NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: March 2004
                                                  
               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                      March           February        2004

Total                           331,653         287,854         928,944

OPEC Total                      174,049         142,705         465,559

Algeria                           8,031           4,271          14,041
Indonesia                         1,106           1,287           2,830
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                             23,572          16,565          61,688
Kuwait                            5,966           3,732          15,809

Nigeria                          36,545          33,310          95,420
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                     42,765          40,836         129,932
United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                        56,063          42,704         145,839

Non-OPEC                        157,605         145,149         463,385

Angola                            9,443           8,769          26,637
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              (-)             734             734
Cameroon                            498             404           1,390
Canada                           50,705          41,202         149,760
China                               200           1,094           1,503
Congo (Brazzaville)                 992             (-)             992
Congo (Kinshasa)                    351             350           1,061

Ecuador                           3,691           5,314          15,502
Egypt                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                            258             (-)             687
Mexico                           47,572          45,413         138,936
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                352             (-)             352
Peru                                (-)             (-)             383
Trinidad and Tobago               2,296           2,321           6,905

All Other                        41,247          39,549         118,544
                                                  
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      March           February        2004

Total                        10,161,735       8,395,373      27,392,361

OPEC Total                    5,373,311       4,228,933      13,921,822

Algeria                         282,939         144,471         486,266
Indonesia                        38,155          40,122          91,587
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                            716,277         476,047       1,807,000
Kuwait                          168,384         102,942         443,744

Nigeria                       1,246,634       1,078,675       3,136,635
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,333,786       1,238,066       3,933,977
United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                     1,587,137       1,148,610       4,022,612

Non-OPEC                      4,788,425       4,166,441      13,470,539

Angola                          312,341         277,089         853,648
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              (-)          24,010          24,010
Cameroon                         14,127          10,624          37,473
Canada                        1,495,617       1,142,102       4,153,253
China                             5,909          34,774          47,322
Congo (Brazzaville)              33,765             (-)          33,765
Congo (Kinshasa)                 10,912          10,048          31,424

Ecuador                         114,533         156,913         459,827
Egypt                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                          9,267             (-)          22,810
Mexico                        1,347,093       1,209,214       3,783,582
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                             10,680             (-)          10,680
Peru                                (-)             (-)          11,911
Trinidad and Tobago              83,197          80,247         241,563

All Other                     1,350,984       1,221,419       3,759,273
                                                  
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      March           February        2004


Total                        10,762,766       8,948,113      29,042,121

OPEC Total                    5,748,734       4,549,917      14,904,606

Algeria                         299,968         155,410         517,761
Indonesia                        41,040          43,710          99,219
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                            782,854         522,394       1,967,705
Kuwait                          182,358         112,422         481,965

Nigeria                       1,335,958       1,151,170       3,343,788
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                  1,434,876       1,332,661       4,219,242
United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                     1,671,680       1,232,150       4,274,926

Non-OPEC                      5,014,033       4,398,196      14,137,516

Angola                          336,091         300,288         915,812
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              (-)          25,889          25,889
Cameroon                         14,564          10,841          38,507
Canada                        1,532,714       1,176,518       4,272,257
China                             6,484          37,659          51,241
Congo (Brazzaville)              35,054             (-)          35,054
Congo (Kinshasa)                 12,558          11,392          35,223

Ecuador                         124,472         172,343         503,167
Egypt                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                          9,991             (-)          24,531
Mexico                        1,406,614       1,269,959       3,953,419
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                             11,622             (-)          11,622
Peru                                (-)             (-)          13,191
Trinidad and Tobago              86,729          85,502         255,006

All Other                     1,437,141       1,307,806       4,002,597
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-04-73, BEA-04-20), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2004.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.
