                                                   
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 $)        ($)

2009                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,266,007  245,690,140       3,314,787        9,082  188,711,775        56.93
Jan.- Aug.            2,910,696  149,726,179       2,244,925        9,238  113,514,512        50.56

January                 405,890   16,398,894         301,069        9,712   12,000,941        39.86
February                335,510   13,586,823         254,504        9,089    9,962,489        39.14
March                   378,997   16,084,729         291,514        9,404   12,033,939        41.28
April                   366,401   17,354,644         290,973        9,699   13,582,121        46.68
May                     337,118   17,682,576         261,296        8,429   13,404,650        51.30
June                    371,612   22,515,808         282,057        9,402   16,691,240        59.18

July                    375,723   23,642,907         294,634        9,504   18,421,260        62.52
August                  339,446   22,459,799         268,878        8,673   17,417,873        64.78
September               361,561   24,845,000         286,200        9,540   19,511,044        68.17
October                 328,767   22,416,890         258,420        8,336   17,410,475        67.37
November                314,726   23,011,887         245,925        8,198   17,847,016        72.57
December                350,256   25,690,185         279,317        9,010   20,428,728        73.14

2010                                                                                               

Jan.- Aug.            2,899,723  217,583,524       2,292,762        9,435  169,968,557        74.13

January                 329,246   24,681,956         245,273        7,912   18,122,185        73.89
February                313,293   23,040,666         243,305        8,689   17,742,303        72.92
March                   369,473   27,809,434         299,473        9,660   22,258,328        74.32
April                   368,731   28,828,138         294,118        9,804   22,685,592        77.13
May                     355,344   27,597,395         280,029        9,033   21,542,988        76.93
June                    382,177   28,015,041         311,932       10,398   22,595,686        72.44

July                    388,659   28,430,320         311,724       10,056   22,473,270        72.09
August                  392,801   29,180,574         306,909        9,900   22,548,205        73.47
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 A-1 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                   
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-10-154, BEA-10-49), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2010.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
