PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1995 - SEPTEMBER 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  3,291,524  52,760,673   2,705,287     7,412  42,813,520   15.83
Jan - Sep  2,467,591  39,855,755   2,029,683     7,435  32,397,835   15.96
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 - Sep  2,559,997  47,509,463   2,033,548     7,422  37,005,985   18.20
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          305,171   5,934,908     243,099     7,842   4,607,281   18.95
June         291,866   5,331,524     235,384     7,846   4,240,698   18.02

July         319,661   5,889,631     255,944     8,256   4,669,076   18.24
August       287,385   5,457,611     230,757     7,444   4,303,202   18.65
September    294,229   5,967,359     238,543     7,951   4,774,465   20.02
October
November
December

(1) Details shown for these Energy-Related Petroleum Products are not 
    available on a Balance of Payment Basis.  These products include the 
    following SITC commodity groupings; crude oil, petroleum preparations, 
    and liquified propane and butane gas.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-96-193), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, SEPTEMBER 1996.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.