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 $)        ($)

2007                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,808,832  318,873,367       3,690,924       10,112  237,217,636        64.27
Jan.-                   418,158   22,010,536         320,108       10,326   16,720,818        52.23

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
March                   422,671   23,366,614         324,248       10,460   17,186,586        53.00
April                   402,043   24,238,490         304,775       10,159   17,456,146        57.28
May                     426,026   26,934,778         320,208       10,329   19,006,138        59.36
June                    413,312   26,654,260         321,260       10,709   19,580,491        60.95

July                    406,427   27,769,362         310,320       10,010   20,344,172        65.56
August                  416,130   28,988,603         319,197       10,297   21,733,947        68.09
September               387,135   27,146,183         297,503        9,917   20,383,148        68.51
October                 405,860   30,079,622         316,184       10,199   22,919,110        72.49
November                392,500   31,947,251         303,411       10,114   24,168,187        79.65
December                386,751   32,390,228         300,841        9,705   24,896,124        82.76

2008                                                                                               

Jan.-                   420,916   35,836,371         322,206       10,394   27,093,581        84.09

January                 420,916   35,836,371         322,206       10,394   27,093,581        84.09
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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-08-42, BEA-08-08), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.