                                                   
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 $)        ($)

2012                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            3,842,137  397,126,774       3,092,232        8,449  312,799,827       101.16
Jan.- Aug.            2,622,849  274,324,446       2,121,329        8,694  217,738,108       102.64

January                 343,782   35,944,027         269,702        8,700   27,988,505       103.78
February                282,490   29,873,928         225,032        7,760   23,319,583       103.63
March                   331,131   36,538,383         271,817        8,768   29,365,710       108.03
April                   325,576   36,480,488         270,361        9,012   29,656,910       109.69
May                     330,015   36,214,346         270,684        8,732   29,250,975       108.06
June                    331,551   33,524,826         263,436        8,781   26,377,001       100.13

July                    337,797   32,329,374         277,462        8,950   26,001,027        93.71
August                  340,506   33,419,074         272,836        8,801   25,778,398        94.48
September               306,424   31,420,707         245,712        8,190   24,301,171        98.90
October                 322,737   33,145,828         259,383        8,367   25,876,910        99.76
November                306,117   30,611,249         242,956        8,099   23,675,995        97.45
December                284,011   27,624,545         222,852        7,189   21,207,643        95.16

2013                                                                                               

Jan.- Aug.            2,397,261  238,369,557       1,893,428        7,792  183,614,802        96.97

January                 326,828   31,685,844         260,737        8,411   24,529,126        94.08
February                260,999   25,842,096         204,768        7,313   19,649,030        95.96
March                   280,262   28,173,915         215,734        6,959   20,916,056        96.95
April                   295,926   29,651,723         233,215        7,774   22,812,796        97.82
May                     311,375   30,842,326         240,538        7,759   23,294,799        96.84
June                    291,448   28,742,795         234,321        7,811   22,712,784        96.93

July                    327,246   32,465,637         264,216        8,523   25,647,230        97.07
August                  303,178   30,965,220         239,897        7,739   24,052,981       100.26
September                                                                                          
October                                                                                            
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-13-174, BEA-13-49), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, August 2013.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
