              EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE OIL BY COUNTRY,
                     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: December 2012
                                        
     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

                                                             Annual
Country                      December        November        2012

Total                           222,852         243,014       3,094,229

OPEC Total                      104,919         119,390       1,492,314

Algeria                           2,511           2,616          40,908
Angola                            3,037           4,870          82,113
Ecuador                           4,982           3,824          66,361
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                             14,932          15,717         177,052

Kuwait                            7,927           7,850         115,514
Libya                               421               1          18,956
Nigeria                           8,625          11,955         151,107
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                     33,599          38,922         500,037

United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)             (-)

Venezuela                        28,883          33,635         340,266
Non-OPEC                        117,933         123,624       1,601,915
Argentina                           (-)           1,011           8,201
Azerbaijan                        1,050             (-)           9,579
Bolivia                             (-)             314           1,108
Brazil                            2,203           1,188          68,532
Canada                           69,311          65,545         849,065
Chad                              1,433           2,869          20,872

Colombia                         11,324          11,300         147,033
Congo (Brazzaville)                 952               3          11,635
Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Equatorial Guinea                   646              17          12,763
Gabon                               (-)           2,092          15,232
Ghana                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Guatemala                           253             268           3,503
Indonesia                           294             511           2,211

Kazakhstan                          (-)             (-)             (-)
Mexico                           26,355          31,035         358,670
Norway                              (-)           1,062           7,091
Oman                                (-)             (-)           3,461
Peru                                (-)             833           2,931
Russia                              746           1,765          32,901
Thailand                            310             758           7,026
Trinidad and Tobago                 739             380          10,465
United Kingdom                      474             512           7,512
Vietnam                             687             256           2,991
Yemen                               (-)             (-)             (-)
All Other                         1,156           1,904          19,134
                                      
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                             Customs Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Annual
Country                      December        November        2012

Total                        21,207,660      23,681,538       313017272

OPEC Total                   10,801,363      12,367,317       160340613

Algeria                         271,865         281,140       4,691,370
Angola                          340,503         550,261       9,264,521
Ecuador                         508,322         378,158       6,876,941
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                          1,592,501       1,687,995      19,238,685

Kuwait                          820,712         823,978      12,637,785
Libya                            49,914             107       2,116,852
Nigeria                         984,502       1,320,845      17,340,561
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                  3,522,845       4,109,837      54,014,690

United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)             (-)

Venezuela                     2,710,201       3,214,998      34,159,208
Non-OPEC                     10,406,297      11,314,220       152676659
Argentina                           (-)         112,143         915,738
Azerbaijan                       95,000             (-)       1,060,949
Bolivia                             (-)          34,534         121,631
Brazil                          211,342         115,385       7,506,728
Canada                        5,579,278       5,393,206      72,354,395
Chad                            145,009         291,946       2,242,819

Colombia                      1,149,464       1,196,448      15,798,684
Congo (Brazzaville)              95,000             345       1,335,168
Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Equatorial Guinea                74,799           1,908       1,389,311
Gabon                               (-)         229,065       1,714,323
Ghana                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Guatemala                        24,013          25,423         336,223
Indonesia                        33,097          58,612         250,698

Kazakhstan                          (-)             (-)             (-)
Mexico                        2,538,338       3,051,130      37,130,779
Norway                              (-)          95,026         806,342
Oman                                (-)             (-)         363,648
Peru                                (-)          80,425         294,217
Russia                           85,966         195,899       3,681,578
Thailand                         32,067          85,839         813,065
Trinidad and Tobago              83,356          41,620       1,169,025
United Kingdom                   54,481          59,652         871,596
Vietnam                          77,842          28,660         354,116
Yemen                               (-)             (-)             (-)
All Other                       127,244         216,956       2,165,627
                                     
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                             C.I.F. Value in
                             thousands of dollars

                                                             Annual
Country                      December        November        2012


Total                        21,629,274      24,131,472       319154702

OPEC Total                   11,032,300      12,617,308       163921935

Algeria                         275,565         284,306       4,755,956
Angola                          348,121         560,992       9,450,712
Ecuador                         524,617         391,546       7,093,131
Iran                                (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                          1,623,864       1,712,911      19,610,928

Kuwait                          842,388         846,866      12,940,329
Libya                            50,423             109       2,164,448
Nigeria                       1,000,590       1,346,389      17,685,055
Qatar                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                  3,612,057       4,213,607      55,590,108

United Arab Emirates                (-)             (-)             (-)

Venezuela                     2,754,674       3,260,581      34,631,267
Non-OPEC                     10,596,974      11,514,164       155232767
Argentina                           (-)         115,585         946,125
Azerbaijan                       97,656             (-)       1,083,920
Bolivia                             (-)          35,623         124,760
Brazil                          218,390         122,713       7,712,652
Canada                        5,697,315       5,500,128      73,690,318
Chad                            148,105         298,471       2,290,356

Colombia                      1,168,169       1,215,102      16,054,060
Congo (Brazzaville)              97,408             352       1,354,820
Congo (Kinshasa)                    (-)             (-)             (-)
Equatorial Guinea                76,557           1,952       1,420,232
Gabon                               (-)         234,747       1,753,038
Ghana                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Guatemala                        24,425          25,849         341,901
Indonesia                        34,166          60,077         256,615

Kazakhstan                          (-)             (-)             (-)
Mexico                        2,564,185       3,081,170      37,469,398
Norway                              (-)          97,707         819,632
Oman                                (-)             (-)         375,013
Peru                                (-)          82,959         303,081
Russia                           87,230         199,605       3,766,886
Thailand                         33,022          87,886         832,204
Trinidad and Tobago              84,259          42,225       1,186,492
United Kingdom                   54,688          60,950         883,179
Vietnam                          80,171          29,287         362,371
Yemen                               (-)             (-)             (-)
All Other                       131,227         221,773       2,205,714
 
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-13-25, BEA-13-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
