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

Total                           331,185         318,789       2,553,579

OPEC Total                      168,627         161,796       1,292,703

Algeria                           8,288           9,247          52,199
Indonesia                           269           2,409          10,272
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                             20,442          19,073         165,709
Kuwait                            6,411           8,752          53,371

Nigeria                          34,134          30,898         265,630
Qatar                                 0               0             149
Saudi Arabia                     56,752          46,483         358,372
United Arab Emirates              1,008               0           1,884
Venezuela                        41,322          44,934         385,116

Non-OPEC                        162,559         156,994       1,260,876

Angola                           11,996          10,226          77,293
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                              848               0           3,156
Cameroon                              0               0           3,051
Canada                           51,170          49,847         394,763
China                               204             663           2,984
Colombia                          6,072           4,289          44,672
Congo (Brazzaville)               1,869             903           5,764

Congo (Kinshasa)                      0             312           2,047
Ecuador                           8,057           7,563          50,644
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Gabon                             4,869           4,619          42,766
Malaysia                          1,017             540           2,915
Mexico                           47,844          43,480         374,186
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Norway                            6,354           6,833          53,223

Oman                              1,370               0           2,445
Peru                                  0               0             383
Russia                            2,957           5,785          29,053
Trinidad and Tobago               1,736           1,666          15,371
United Kingdom                    5,664           8,488          70,810
All Other                        10,535          11,777          85,350
                                                  
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      August          July            2004

Total                        12,043,670      10,610,712      81,886,036

OPEC Total                    6,277,470       5,457,135      42,071,203

Algeria                         361,358         358,102       1,965,754
Indonesia                         8,732          86,119         352,052
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            741,665         633,772       5,234,028
Kuwait                          225,231         273,651       1,641,161

Nigeria                       1,398,385       1,143,686       9,540,464
Qatar                                 0               0           4,525
Saudi Arabia                  2,091,536       1,578,697      11,703,579
United Arab Emirates             44,437               0          72,035
Venezuela                     1,406,126       1,383,109      11,557,606

Non-OPEC                      5,766,201       5,153,577      39,814,833

Angola                          445,445         358,015       2,637,894
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                           32,293               0         116,514
Cameroon                              0               0          94,072
Canada                        1,749,273       1,609,117      11,972,109
China                             6,414          26,908         100,163
Colombia                        238,871         158,214       1,567,332
Congo (Brazzaville)              76,608          31,160         213,301

Congo (Kinshasa)                      0           9,975          65,579
Ecuador                         291,386         237,943       1,587,293
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Gabon                           200,080         157,527       1,467,774
Malaysia                         40,739          20,213         107,914
Mexico                        1,578,016       1,333,057      11,108,842
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Norway                          232,251         247,171       1,837,268

Oman                             60,264               0          99,962
Peru                                  0               0          11,911
Russia                          108,558         201,375         998,833
Trinidad and Tobago              76,777          62,734         573,304
United Kingdom                  232,508         308,394       2,454,880
All Other                       396,719         391,774       2,799,888
                                                  
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      August          July            2004


Total                        12,608,052      11,118,812      86,266,588

OPEC Total                    6,626,355       5,777,645      44,769,644

Algeria                         377,604         378,843       2,070,654
Indonesia                         9,436          92,401         378,919
Iran                                  0               0               0
Iraq                            794,658         680,344       5,678,364
Kuwait                          238,988         290,762       1,761,561

Nigeria                       1,463,439       1,195,080      10,052,260
Qatar                                 0               0           5,149
Saudi Arabia                  2,233,634       1,697,132      12,629,064
United Arab Emirates             46,686               0          77,961
Venezuela                     1,461,911       1,443,083      12,115,714

Non-OPEC                      5,981,697       5,341,167      41,496,944

Angola                          469,713         377,573       2,799,145
Bahamas                               0               0               0
Brunei                           34,484               0         124,188
Cameroon                              0               0          99,702
Canada                        1,806,070       1,647,236      12,301,654
China                             6,943          28,398         107,883
Colombia                        247,589         165,674       1,632,265
Congo (Brazzaville)              79,871          32,733         221,948

Congo (Kinshasa)                      0          10,736          71,213
Ecuador                         306,681         254,646       1,704,429
Egypt                                 0               0               0
Gabon                           207,222         164,891       1,551,352
Malaysia                         43,173          21,315         114,675
Mexico                        1,616,810       1,366,057      11,486,298
Netherlands Antilles                  0               0               0
Norway                          241,443         257,196       1,922,740

Oman                             62,328               0         105,426
Peru                                  0               0          13,191
Russia                          114,063         213,167       1,065,399
Trinidad and Tobago              78,867          65,159         596,342
United Kingdom                  249,035         320,949       2,580,391
All Other                       417,406         415,438       2,998,702
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-04-181, BEA-04-47), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
