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 $)        ($)

2011                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,164,981  421,386,000       3,324,336        9,108  331,698,123        99.78
Jan.-                   375,303   32,163,669         290,666        9,376   24,514,437        84.34

January                 375,303   32,163,669         290,666        9,376   24,514,437        84.34
February                307,319   27,243,427         242,372        8,656   21,128,580        87.17
March                   371,423   35,679,012         295,122        9,520   27,671,813        93.76
April                   329,248   34,987,195         252,247        8,408   26,025,748       103.18
May                     350,704   38,778,753         275,253        8,879   29,918,858       108.70
June                    366,760   39,381,643         296,674        9,889   31,447,172       106.00

July                    350,657   37,172,533         281,064        9,067   29,305,847       104.27
August                  365,433   37,956,529         302,481        9,757   31,039,939       102.62
September               343,552   35,114,915         280,125        9,338   28,299,558       101.02
October                 325,922   32,604,921         263,187        8,490   26,012,984        98.84
November                336,909   34,834,138         266,216        8,874   27,288,012       102.50
December                341,751   35,469,266         278,928        8,998   29,045,175       104.13

2012                                                                                               

Jan.-                   344,754   36,055,529         270,727        8,733   28,103,628       103.81

January                 344,754   36,055,529         270,727        8,733   28,103,628       103.81
February                                                                                           
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December                                                                                           
                                                 

(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-12-41, BEA-12-07), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, January 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.