PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1994 - DECEMBER 1995 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)


           Total energy-related
           Petroleum Products(1)   C R U D E   P E T R O L E U M 
                                                                                       
                                               1,000 of
           Quantity     Value      Quantity   of barrels    Value      Unit
          (1,000 of   (1,000 of    (1,000 of    per day   (1,000 of   Price
 Period    barrels)    dollars)    barrels)    (average)   dollars)    ($)

1994                                                                  

Jan - Dec  3,416,045  49,533,309    2,704,196      7,409  38,479,418   14.23
January      267,794   3,210,254      205,957      6,644   2,397,727   11.64
February     246,832   3,168,016      176,918      6,319   2,138,125   12.09
March        291,130   3,620,222      219,839      7,092   2,585,417   11.76
April        276,807   3,689,079      217,213      7,240   2,791,878   12.85
May          279,542   4,010,183      216,618      6,988   3,044,041   14.05
June         303,935   4,671,819      248,057      8,269   3,766,521   15.18
          
July         309,733   5,038,554      245,642      7,924   3,951,946   16.09
August       310,550   5,066,913      242,485      7,822   3,873,141   15.97
September    309,759   4,682,518      260,423      8,681   3,905,194   15.00
October      268,835   4,003,649      221,030      7,130   3,270,182   14.80
November     281,242   4,348,138      229,157      7,639   3,507,725   15.31
December     269,889   4,023,965      220,858      7,124   3,247,520   14.70
                                                                      
1995

Jan - Dec  3,291,924  52,768,169    2,704,267      7,409  42,798,981   15.83
January      257,603   3,937,779      209,571      6,760   3,152,996   15.05
February     239,834   3,781,977      192,613      6,879   2,985,652   15.50
March        289,324   4,601,456      240,828      7,769   3,795,967   15.76
April        249,413   4,202,427      210,764      7,025   3,522,409   16.71
May          279,606   4,929,736      232,814      7,510   4,049,487   17.39
June         282,185   4,834,254      233,315      7,777   3,923,057   16.81

July         289,702   4,585,835      237,022      7,646   3,697,273   15.60
August       288,064   4,460,581      234,743      7,572   3,594,043   15.31
September    292,255   4,532,428      238,170      7,939   3,685,600   15.47
October      267,769   4,130,055      220,721      7,120   3,362,833   15.24
November     281,337   4,329,949      226,733      7,558   3,430,647   15.13
December     274,832   4,441,692      226,973      7,322   3,599,017   15.86

(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 liquified propane and butane gas.  See exhibit 16 under Mineral 
    fuel for SITC system detail.


SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-96-27), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, DECEMBER 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.