PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1995 - APRIL 1996 
            (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's
          Quantity     Value      Quantity   of barrels   Value      Unit
          (1,000's    (1,000's    (1,000's    per day    (1,000's   Price
 Period  of barrels)of dollars)  of barrels) (average) of dollars)   ($)

1995                                                                

Jan - Dec 3,291,524  52,760,673    2,705,287     7,412  42,813,520   15.83
Jan - Apr 1,035,314  16,531,416      853,193     7,110  13,467,786   15.79
January     258,532   3,956,038      210,565     6,792   3,170,513   15.06
February    242,185   3,823,042      194,970     6,963   3,027,076   15.53
March       285,472   4,543,633      237,207     7,652   3,742,011   15.78
April       249,126   4,208,703      210,450     7,015   3,528,186   16.76
May         282,406   4,983,680      235,508     7,597   4,101,972   17.42
June        282,372   4,833,269      233,525     7,784   3,922,193   16.80

July        288,844   4,547,399      235,459     7,595   3,650,666   15.50
August      286,927   4,439,273      234,037     7,550   3,573,971   15.27
September   291,728   4,520,718      237,961     7,932   3,681,246   15.47
October     268,244   4,144,941      221,212     7,136   3,378,075   15.27
November    278,921   4,287,927      225,647     7,522   3,412,571   15.12
December    276,768   4,472,050      228,745     7,379   3,625,039   15.85

1996
                                                                    
Jan - Apr 1,061,685  18,928,430      829,821     6,858  14,411,263   17.37
January     297,319   5,043,908      230,168     7,425   3,786,040   16.45
February    239,576   3,987,329      185,999     6,414   3,010,262   16.18
March       242,487   4,322,101      190,017     6,130   3,292,845   17.33
April       282,303   5,575,092      223,637     7,455   4,322,116   19.33
May
June

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-96-99), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, APRIL 1996.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.