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 $)        ($)

2005                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            5,000,235  243,181,966       3,753,088       10,282  175,563,018        46.78
Jan.-                   416,368   15,226,958         322,803       10,413   11,410,258        35.35

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                 440,383   26,161,721         304,482        9,822   17,139,812        56.29
November                421,086   22,714,175         314,361       10,479   16,396,855        52.16
December                416,656   21,374,818         311,484       10,048   15,500,697        49.76

2006                                                                                               

Jan.-                   415,788   22,579,751         302,812        9,768   15,724,715        51.93

January                 415,788   22,579,751         302,812        9,768   15,724,715        51.93
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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 liquefied propane
and butane gas.

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see
the information section on page 27 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-06-32, BEA-06-07), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.