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.            5,004,339  243,496,863       3,754,669       10,287  175,755,341        46.81
Jan.- May             2,059,339   85,908,535       1,578,901       10,456   63,612,285        40.29

January                 419,291   15,301,289         325,786       10,509   11,491,026        35.27
February                387,899   14,907,930         293,425       10,479   10,835,581        36.93
March                   418,418   17,923,939         324,180       10,457   13,383,428        41.28
April                   413,267   19,086,805         315,528       10,518   14,128,664        44.78
May                     420,464   18,688,573         319,982       10,322   13,773,585        43.04
June                    430,594   19,878,379         327,865       10,929   14,559,106        44.41

July                    419,157   21,046,507         312,106       10,068   15,314,485        49.07
August                  433,073   23,534,564         329,039       10,614   17,391,215        52.85
September               389,645   23,332,358         277,589        9,253   15,938,226        57.42
October                 432,162   25,567,322         300,884        9,706   16,911,547        56.21
November                422,459   22,790,054         314,028       10,468   16,380,931        52.16
December                417,910   21,439,144         314,259       10,137   15,647,547        49.79

2006                                                                                               

Jan.- May             2,018,050  116,137,791       1,523,994       10,093   84,379,003        55.37

January                 415,788   22,579,751         302,812        9,768   15,724,715        51.93
February                378,721   20,738,047         291,032       10,394   15,635,550        53.72
March                   397,983   21,517,289         312,479       10,080   16,330,455        52.26
April                   392,159   23,396,506         293,844        9,795   16,695,611        56.82
May                     433,399   27,906,197         323,827       10,446   19,992,671        61.74
June                                                                                               

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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-06-108, BEA-06-32), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, May 2006.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.