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

Total                           326,477         315,811       3,499,471

OPEC Total                      157,955         158,183       1,765,607

Algeria                           7,619           4,926          72,421
Indonesia                           316             298          12,123
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                             18,541          19,246         224,393
Kuwait                           12,370           6,194          81,242

Nigeria                          29,931          32,897         356,355
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             149
Saudi Arabia                     48,451          49,922         505,700
United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)           1,884
Venezuela                        40,727          44,699         511,340

Non-OPEC                        168,522         157,627       1,733,864

Angola                           11,079           4,766         104,250
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              (-)             997           4,630
Cameroon                            (-)             797           4,617
Canada                           50,424          43,958         533,513
China                               890             731           4,799
Colombia                          4,273           5,982          61,635
Congo (Brazzaville)                 902           2,306          11,217

Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)             351           2,398
Ecuador                           7,518           9,071          76,998
Egypt                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Gabon                             4,999           7,771          57,913
Malaysia                            365             919           4,548
Mexico                           50,886          51,564         521,736
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Norway                            4,225           5,399          66,622

Oman                                724             287           3,569
Peru                                (-)             (-)             383
Russia                           10,830           3,580          44,191
Trinidad and Tobago                 969           1,486          18,951
United Kingdom                   10,171           4,899          89,754
All Other                        10,266          12,764         122,141
                                                  
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      November        October         2004

Total                        13,434,691      13,197,932       119939861

OPEC Total                    6,575,763       6,818,816      61,484,952

Algeria                         375,147         245,318       2,937,325
Indonesia                        12,885          13,599         431,820
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                            726,675         821,401       7,540,285
Kuwait                          478,718         250,420       2,701,863

Nigeria                       1,479,655       1,571,918      13,777,459
Qatar                               (-)             (-)           4,525
Saudi Arabia                  1,999,523       2,138,861      17,713,229
United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)          72,035
Venezuela                     1,503,159       1,777,299      16,306,413

Non-OPEC                      6,858,929       6,379,116      58,454,909

Angola                          514,018         203,020       3,806,328
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              (-)          47,715         183,394
Cameroon                            (-)          35,106         157,464
Canada                        1,957,892       1,650,426      17,179,743
China                            39,308          31,515         178,278
Colombia                        185,449         284,172       2,300,374
Congo (Brazzaville)              44,805         116,648         473,210

Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)          15,213          80,792
Ecuador                         285,486         344,336       2,559,584
Egypt                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Gabon                           232,088         358,259       2,144,132
Malaysia                         19,957          45,551         190,085
Mexico                        1,926,129       1,964,766      16,526,147
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Norway                          187,817         258,012       2,451,898

Oman                             35,651          14,105         154,320
Peru                                (-)             (-)          11,911
Russia                          474,395         159,594       1,661,708
Trinidad and Tobago              48,980          76,539         749,826
United Kingdom                  498,296         227,171       3,341,879
All Other                       408,658         546,968       4,303,836
                                                  
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Cumulative
Country                      November        October         2004


Total                        14,144,700      13,783,185       126118558

OPEC Total                    6,987,133       7,179,632      65,277,047

Algeria                         395,933         255,334       3,088,055
Indonesia                        13,420          14,598         463,686
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                            778,550         879,539       8,152,566
Kuwait                          507,304         274,932       2,896,902

Nigeria                       1,544,290       1,634,477      14,465,727
Qatar                               (-)             (-)           5,149
Saudi Arabia                  2,144,849       2,268,460      19,034,801
United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)          77,961
Venezuela                     1,602,788       1,852,292      17,092,200

Non-OPEC                      7,157,567       6,603,553      60,841,511

Angola                          537,535         213,219       4,024,091
Bahamas                             (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              (-)          50,627         194,877
Cameroon                            (-)          37,798         167,915
Canada                        2,005,804       1,694,278      17,638,357
China                            41,692          33,145         190,530
Colombia                        195,720         293,649       2,394,429
Congo (Brazzaville)              45,995         119,874         490,757

Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)          16,016          87,230
Ecuador                         310,701         363,425       2,738,836
Egypt                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Gabon                           242,743         376,497       2,260,891
Malaysia                         20,580          48,582         201,406
Mexico                        1,987,770       2,014,192      17,052,047
Netherlands Antilles                (-)             (-)             (-)
Norway                          194,353         265,963       2,557,865

Oman                             37,240          14,646         162,247
Peru                                (-)             (-)          13,191
Russia                          507,814         168,735       1,772,641
Trinidad and Tobago              52,969          78,472         780,391
United Kingdom                  537,360         235,342       3,522,403
All Other                       439,292         579,092       4,591,406
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-05-04, BEA-05-01), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, November 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
