                                                   
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 $)        ($)

2010                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,278,476  323,628,470       3,377,701        9,254  252,183,153        74.66
Jan.- Feb.              642,539   47,722,622         488,578        8,281   35,864,488        73.41

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               364,678   26,623,444         289,694        9,656   20,961,556        72.36
October                 330,752   24,992,682         254,479        8,209   18,878,078        74.18
November                323,557   25,224,494         258,188        8,606   19,831,974        76.81
December                359,766   29,204,327         282,577        9,115   22,542,988        79.78

2011                                                                                               

Jan.- Feb.              682,622   59,407,096         533,038        9,035   45,643,017        85.63

January                 375,303   32,163,669         290,666        9,376   24,514,437        84.34
February                307,319   27,243,427         242,372        8,656   21,128,580        87.17
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(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-11-41, BEA-11-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2011.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
