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 $)        ($)

2004                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,917,591  174,499,173       3,820,979       10,440  131,742,664        34.48
Jan.- Sep.            3,659,204  123,768,310       2,857,484       10,429   93,369,189        32.68

January                 395,226   11,654,763         309,876        9,996    8,852,497        28.57
February                380,038   11,481,124         288,494        9,948    8,414,097        29.17
March                   429,420   13,662,246         329,991       10,645   10,118,324        30.66
April                   393,788   12,660,588         311,663       10,389    9,661,668        31.00
May                     398,862   13,815,254         317,854       10,253   10,534,772        33.14
June                    432,235   15,124,648         344,729       11,491   11,631,044        33.74

July                    414,258   14,411,409         324,108       10,455   10,817,829        33.38
August                  437,516   16,400,730         333,756       10,766   12,196,274        36.54
September               377,861   14,557,549         297,013        9,900   11,142,685        37.52
October                 408,187   17,557,812         313,249       10,105   13,107,077        41.84
November                439,794   17,892,337         329,660       10,989   13,577,287        41.19
December                410,406   15,280,713         320,586       10,341   11,689,111        36.46

2005                                                                                               

Jan.- Sep.            3,722,110  172,931,252       2,822,761       10,340  126,525,654        44.82

January                 416,368   15,226,958         322,803       10,413   11,410,258        35.35
February                389,832   14,947,342         296,929       10,605   10,942,242        36.85
March                   420,260   17,955,052         325,979       10,515   13,410,140        41.14
April                   410,265   18,941,511         313,811       10,460   14,044,645        44.76
May                     418,308   18,608,834         318,630       10,278   13,726,092        43.08
June                    432,053   19,928,053         328,321       10,944   14,577,503        44.40

July                    417,911   20,965,576         312,022       10,065   15,297,700        49.03
August                  428,305   23,181,368         325,814       10,510   17,155,252        52.65
September               388,809   23,176,557         278,453        9,282   15,961,823        57.32
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/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-05-164, BEA-05-49), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, September 2005.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.