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 $)        ($)

2002                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,337,075  100,525,785       3,418,021        9,364   77,283,329        22.61
Jan.- July            2,486,763   53,372,609       1,963,112        9,260   40,979,670        20.87

January                 369,816    6,220,291         295,494        9,532    4,813,470        16.29
February                310,404    5,320,599         246,411        8,800    4,086,188        16.58
March                   335,337    6,755,041         267,037        8,614    5,144,978        19.27
April                   377,653    8,748,471         296,134        9,871    6,670,620        22.53
May                     379,179    9,181,175         296,505        9,565    7,040,913        23.75
June                    347,732    8,267,047         270,677        9,023    6,320,662        23.35

July                    366,643    8,879,985         290,855        9,382    6,902,840        23.73
August                  375,036    9,379,579         296,068        9,551    7,276,197        24.58
September               343,765    8,932,296         272,653        9,088    6,951,007        25.49
October                 389,617   10,472,094         315,720       10,185    8,287,834        26.25
November                370,416    9,170,792         286,298        9,543    6,926,586        24.19
December                371,477    9,198,414         284,170        9,167    6,862,036        24.15

2003                                                                                               

Jan.- July            2,704,539   75,800,568       2,103,042        9,920   57,011,604        27.11

January                 360,017   10,180,337         268,431        8,659    7,444,163        27.73
February                316,557    9,995,440         247,105        8,825    7,526,491        30.46
March                   395,753   12,482,600         300,689        9,700    9,101,197        30.27
April                   396,513   10,743,443         314,662       10,489    8,188,808        26.02
May                     407,791   10,167,192         320,541       10,340    7,727,416        24.11
June                    401,212   10,560,977         311,946       10,398    7,955,140        25.50

July                    426,696   11,670,580         339,669       10,957    9,068,389        26.70
August                                                                                             
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 26 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/press.html or www.bea.gov/bea/rels.htm.
                                                  

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-03-139, BEA-03-34), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, July 2003.  For more information, contact Haydn R.
Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign
Trade Division.