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 $)        ($)

2006                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,887,772  291,285,295       3,741,205       10,250  216,998,507        58.00
Jan.- Feb.              794,509   43,317,798         593,844       10,065   31,360,266        52.81

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                    420,067   26,958,936         330,862       11,029   20,527,259        62.04

July                    423,624   28,438,931         321,576       10,373   20,849,998        64.84
August                  450,451   30,497,305         343,485       11,080   22,710,736        66.12
September               413,659   25,808,397         316,591       10,553   19,792,869        62.52
October                 399,830   22,315,158         311,758       10,057   17,292,560        55.47
November                381,230   20,238,356         299,401        9,980   15,642,961        52.25
December                380,861   20,890,421         293,538        9,469   15,803,122        53.84

2007                                                                                               

Jan.- Feb.              749,976   39,357,977         572,977        9,711   29,543,589        51.56

January                 418,158   22,010,536         320,108       10,326   16,720,818        52.23
February                331,818   17,347,440         252,869        9,031   12,822,771        50.71
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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-07-50, BEA-07-014), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, February 2007.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.