PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 2000 - MARCH 2001 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

 
         Total energy-related
         petroleum products (1)    Crude petroleum

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


2000                                                              
                                                                  

Jan.- Dec 4,299,726 116,898,789  3,399,161      9,287 89,785,632  26.41
Jan.- Mar 1,025,322  26,262,601    798,651      8,776 19,907,547  24.93
January     324,531   7,660,406    252,342      8,140  5,849,073  23.18
February    340,100   8,823,527    258,020      8,897  6,453,738  25.01
March       360,692   9,778,668    288,289      9,300  7,604,736  26.38
April       347,216   8,694,102    281,594      9,386  6,877,891  24.42
May         369,453   9,271,045    297,032      9,582  7,174,992  24.16
June        379,447  10,324,987    300,902     10,030  8,018,252  26.65

July        373,484  10,520,884    301,375      9,722  8,366,474  27.76
August      376,083  10,241,863    309,975      9,999  8,241,718  26.59
September   345,011  10,265,542    271,793      9,060  7,875,893  28.98
October     368,995  10,915,405    295,283      9,525  8,452,176  28.62
November    331,048   9,800,055    254,199      8,473  7,220,490  28.40
December    383,666  10,602,305    288,356      9,302  7,650,198  26.53


2001                            

                                                                  
Jan.- Mar 1,138,745  28,239,995    835,737      9,286 19,380,799  23.19
January     415,486  10,489,342    291,656      9,408  6,744,556  23.13
February    347,900   8,794,027    251,831      8,994  5,983,413  23.76
March       375,360   8,956,627    292,251      9,427  6,652,830  22.76
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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 liquified propane and butane gas.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-84), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, March  2001.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.