PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

1995                                                               
                                                                   
Jan - Dec  3,291,924  52,768,169  2,704,267      7,409 42,798,981   15.83
Jan - Mar    786,761  12,321,212    643,012      7,145  9,934,615   15.45
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
                                                                   
1996

Jan - Mar    779,382  13,353,338    606,184      6,661 10,089,147   16.64
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
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-96-77), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MARCH 1996.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.