ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1996

PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - 1996 DATA 
            (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   Barrels     Value     Unit
           (1,000 OF    (1,000 OF   (1,000 OF    per day    (1,000     Price
Period      barrels)     dollars)    barrels)   (average)  (dollars)    ($)

1995                                                             

Jan. - Dec.  3,361,882  53,835,458   2,767,312    7,582   43,749,652    15.81
January        260,988   3,993,970     212,270    6,847    3,196,121    15.06
February       244,696   3,863,760     195,944    6,998    3,043,149    15.53
March          288,005   4,583,891     239,741    7,734    3,782,269    15.78
April          251,431   4,247,320     212,013    7,067    3,553,012    16.76
May            287,411   5,065,850     240,514    7,759    4,184,142    17.40
June           291,331   4,980,341     241,982    8,066    4,060,682    16.78

July           299,639   4,716,607     245,447    7,918    3,806,535    15.51
August         294,480   4,541,887     240,839    7,769    3,664,622    15.22
September      300,142   4,644,095     244,875    8,163    3,780,268    15.44
October        274,218   4,231,962     226,375    7,302    3,451,415    15.25
November       285,510   4,383,289     231,567    7,719    3,497,566    15.10
December       284,030   4,582,486     235,746    7,605    3,729,872    15.82

1996                         

Jan. - Dec.  3,622,385  70,198,675   2,893,647    7,906   54,930,859    18.98
January        306,887   5,196,253     238,990    7,709    3,926,552    16.43
February       252,634   4,181,363     198,120    6,832    3,189,228    16.10
March          255,345   4,543,881     201,663    6,505    3,491,666    17.31
April          297,886   5,861,235     238,198    7,940    4,589,427    19.27
May            323,841   6,273,672     261,641    8,440    4,944,722    18.90
June           309,546   5,636,729     253,014    8,434    4,544,250    17.96

July           339,099   6,220,921     275,225    8,878    4,998,154    18.16
August         307,806   5,843,627     250,957    8,095    4,680,889    18.65
September      316,593   6,401,956     260,375    8,679    5,199,747    19.97
October        314,661   6,841,579     250,694    8,087    5,367,469    21.41
November       275,355   5,998,188     216,953    7,232    4,637,834    21.38
December       322,733   7,199,269     247,816    7,994    5,360,919    21.63

(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 14 under Mineral fuel 
    for SITC system detail.


SOURCE: Report FT900 (96) (CB-97-99), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1996. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.