                                                   
PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 17.  IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING
CRUDE OIL
(Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)


                    Total energy-related
                    petroleum products (1)       Crude Petroleum

                    Quantity     Value           Quantity     1,000s       Value        Unit
                    (1,000s      (1,000s         (1,000s      of barrels   (1,000s      price
Period              of BBLs)     of $)           of BBLs)     per day avg  of $)        ($)

2006                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,880,734  290,923,833       3,734,229       10,231  216,627,331        58.01
Jan.- Aug.            3,308,867  201,931,904       2,516,590       10,356  148,342,951        58.95

January                 416,870   22,585,749         303,472        9,789   15,719,248        51.80
February                377,661   20,734,648         290,744       10,384   15,659,664        53.86
March                   400,108   21,634,571         313,340       10,108   16,393,388        52.32
April                   392,263   23,376,784         294,281        9,809   16,669,884        56.65
May                     437,665   28,256,655         325,796       10,510   20,212,544        62.04
June                    418,546   26,891,284         329,839       10,995   20,488,311        62.12

July                    424,756   28,579,912         322,588       10,406   20,944,691        64.93
August                  440,997   29,872,301         336,528       10,856   22,255,220        66.13
September               413,802   25,786,512         316,381       10,546   19,740,688        62.40
October                 395,656   22,055,963         308,602        9,955   17,119,687        55.47
November                380,813   20,208,933         299,010        9,967   15,615,178        52.22
December                381,597   20,940,521         293,645        9,472   15,808,828        53.84

2007                                                                                               

Jan.- Aug.            3,236,586  197,310,083       2,472,985       10,177  144,851,068        58.57

January                 418,158   22,010,536         320,108       10,326   16,720,818        52.23
February                331,818   17,347,440         252,869        9,031   12,822,771        50.71
March                   422,671   23,366,614         324,248       10,460   17,186,586        53.00
April                   402,043   24,238,490         304,775       10,159   17,456,146        57.28
May                     426,026   26,934,778         320,208       10,329   19,006,138        59.36
June                    413,312   26,654,260         321,260       10,709   19,580,491        60.95

July                    406,427   27,769,362         310,320       10,010   20,344,172        65.56
August                  416,130   28,988,603         319,197       10,297   21,733,947        68.09
September                                                                                          
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November                                                                                           
December                                                                                           
                                                  

(1)  Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not available
on a Balance of Payments basis.  These products include the following SITC
commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum preparations, and liquefied propane
and butane gas.

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see
the information section on page 27 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-07-143, BEA-07-49), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2007.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Joe Kafchinski  (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
