PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1994 - JUNE 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

                                            1,000s of                               
           Quantity     Value      Quantity   barrels     Value      Unit
          (1,000s of  (1,000s of  (1,000s of  per day   (1,000s 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
Jan - Jun  1,666,038  22,369,572   1,284,601     7,097  16,723,709   13.02

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 - Jun  1,597,965  26,287,629   1,319,905     7,292  21,429,568   16.24

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
August
September
October
November
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 liquified propane and butane gas.  See exhibit 16 under Mineral 
    fuel for SITC system detail.


SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-95-152), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, JUNE 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.