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 $)        ($)

2003                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,654,638  129,484,529       3,676,006       10,071   99,167,171        26.98
Jan.- Nov.            4,265,692  118,612,701       3,361,875       10,065   90,632,439        26.96

January                 362,626   10,219,542         273,338        8,817    7,586,818        27.76
February                320,153   10,083,953         250,262        8,938    7,600,554        30.37
March                   390,535   12,365,689         294,768        9,509    8,957,771        30.39
April                   399,601   10,813,469         318,088       10,603    8,272,846        26.01
May                     406,979   10,126,395         319,111       10,294    7,673,432        24.05
June                    402,804   10,535,222         312,982       10,433    7,979,665        25.50

July                    422,313   11,598,132         335,511       10,823    8,975,122        26.75
August                  398,306   11,306,914         319,674       10,312    8,808,654        27.56
September               393,522   10,686,495         316,796       10,560    8,372,252        26.43
October                 404,183   10,902,171         329,992       10,645    8,672,081        26.28
November                364,670    9,974,719         291,352        9,712    7,733,246        26.54
December                388,945   10,871,828         314,131       10,133    8,534,732        27.17

2004                                                                                               

Jan.- Nov.            4,504,160  158,998,039       3,499,471       10,446  119,939,861        34.27

January                 393,790   11,612,214         309,437        9,982    8,835,252        28.55
February                379,209   11,450,868         287,854        9,926    8,395,373        29.17
March                   431,545   13,722,675         331,653       10,698   10,161,735        30.64
April                   393,904   12,666,573         311,914       10,397    9,668,379        31.00
May                     396,796   13,739,077         316,256       10,202   10,473,706        33.12
June                    434,959   15,218,210         346,490       11,550   11,697,207        33.76

July                    408,626   14,177,570         318,789       10,284   10,610,712        33.28
August                  430,232   16,080,613         331,185       10,683   12,043,670        36.37
September               388,526   14,971,323         303,605       10,120   11,421,201        37.62
October                 411,620   17,686,358         315,811       10,187   13,197,932        41.79
November                434,953   17,672,558         326,477       10,883   13,434,691        41.15
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/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-05-04, BEA-05-01), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, November 2004.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.