EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: December 1996 Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net quantity in thousands of barrels Country Cumulative December November to date Total 215,222 191,698 2,665,219 OPEC Total 104,083 92,193 1,334,921 Algeria (-) 544 5,754 Gabon 7,322 7,922 93,525 Indonesia 291 1,091 18,089 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq (-) (-) (-) Kuwait 8,816 8,299 87,217 Nigeria 11,817 16,136 268,758 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 36,347 26,739 406,718 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 843 Venezuela 39,490 31,462 454,017 Non-OPEC 111,139 99,504 1,330,297 Angola 10,591 11,242 128,742 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) 748 Canada 37,216 31,494 396,196 China (Mainland) 2,570 2,962 20,441 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,864 2,450 13,150 Ecuador 2,907 1,880 36,945 Egypt 695 950 7,724 Malaysia (-) (-) 1,702 Mexico 30,209 25,513 337,014 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) 1,097 13,895 Peru 791 430 11,003 Trinidad & Tobago 135 634 7,233 Zaire 678 350 6,266 All Other 22,483 20,502 349,238 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Customs value in thousands of dollars Country Cumulative December November to date Total 4,659,704 4,110,615 50,581,546 OPEC Total 2,256,753 1,942,816 24,932,456 Algeria (-) 12,515 115,139 Gabon 170,576 186,959 1,914,482 Indonesia 6,682 23,761 352,548 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq (-) (-) (-) Kuwait 184,484 163,668 1,583,137 Nigeria 285,843 394,486 5,539,375 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 796,820 557,296 7,605,156 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 15,757 Venezuela 812,348 604,131 7,806,862 Non-OPEC 2,402,948 2,167,798 25,649,089 Angola 238,082 255,974 2,603,832 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) 14,250 Canada 770,472 660,941 7,367,114 China (Mainland) 56,594 65,974 404,678 Congo (Brazzaville) 57,649 58,098 259,790 Ecuador 59,197 38,324 692,313 Egypt 12,637 20,541 128,825 Malaysia (-) (-) 32,313 Mexico 655,352 539,893 6,355,596 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) 23,945 267,298 Peru 17,669 8,756 199,993 Trinidad & Tobago 3,363 13,968 151,808 Zaire 14,796 8,183 123,582 All Other 517,137 473,201 7,047,697 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Country Cumulative December November to date Total 4,874,062 4,298,804 53,331,068 OPEC Total 2,375,951 2,045,748 26,451,395 Algeria (-) 13,304 122,938 Gabon 179,412 196,322 2,025,846 Indonesia 7,315 25,632 378,031 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq (-) (-) (-) Kuwait 197,650 176,059 1,717,222 Nigeria 298,468 410,040 5,829,090 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 844,773 594,312 8,126,730 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 17,609 Venezuela 848,333 630,079 8,233,929 Non-OPEC 2,498,111 2,253,056 26,879,673 Angola 250,844 270,942 2,760,736 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) 15,062 Canada 799,074 684,217 7,726,530 China (Mainland) 61,708 71,602 438,497 Congo (Brazzaville) 61,822 60,986 277,120 Ecuador 62,808 41,140 748,725 Egypt 13,666 21,534 141,582 Malaysia (-) (-) 35,805 Mexico 669,778 551,203 6,519,076 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) 25,855 292,355 Peru 18,834 9,285 218,188 Trinidad & Tobago 3,464 14,392 158,091 Zaire 15,567 8,555 131,362 All Other 540,546 493,345 7,416,544 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/" NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."