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 $)        ($)

2008                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,613,444  438,686,820       3,590,628        9,810  341,912,489        95.22

January                 423,395   36,070,880         323,621       10,439   27,235,487        84.16
February                364,123   31,089,090         284,029        9,794   24,052,945        84.68
March                   364,455   33,270,840         279,474        9,015   25,132,573        89.93
April                   390,403   38,427,776         305,568       10,186   29,593,051        96.85
May                     372,346   40,287,402         293,487        9,467   31,220,618       106.38
June                    387,863   45,928,069         301,754       10,058   35,476,124       117.57

July                    421,128   52,397,754         339,729       10,959   42,322,157       124.58
August                  390,768   46,226,242         309,736        9,991   37,122,533       119.85
September               335,949   35,756,010         251,099        8,370   26,943,374       107.30
October                 410,343   37,229,373         320,313       10,333   29,383,883        91.73
November                342,298   22,023,042         261,764        8,725   17,468,839        66.74
December                410,373   19,980,341         320,054       10,324   15,960,904        49.87

2009                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,263,292  245,482,572       3,311,883        9,074  188,498,323        56.92

January                 404,658   16,342,408         300,137        9,682   11,949,605        39.81
February                335,912   13,618,145         254,874        9,103    9,996,300        39.22
March                   377,470   16,047,403         289,693        9,345   11,983,004        41.36
April                   367,943   17,403,719         292,601        9,753   13,633,848        46.60
May                     338,081   17,703,718         261,888        8,448   13,410,641        51.21
June                    369,963   22,415,123         280,424        9,347   16,592,370        59.17

July                    377,218   23,720,887         296,274        9,557   18,510,434        62.48
August                  338,539   22,389,783         268,429        8,659   17,381,693        64.75
September               361,956   24,872,287         286,217        9,541   19,511,645        68.17
October                 329,245   22,450,143         258,829        8,349   17,441,313        67.39
November                314,238   22,969,832         245,448        8,182   17,805,957        72.54
December                348,069   25,549,123         277,069        8,938   20,281,513        73.20
                                                  

(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 A-1 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-10-20, BEA-10-04), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, December 2009.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.