PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1996 - APRIL 1997 
            (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

           Quantity     Value      Quantity  (1,000 of    Value      Unit
          (1,000 of   (1,000 of   (1,000 of   barrels)  (1,000 of   Price
 Period    barrels)    dollars)    barrels)   per day    dollars)    ($)

1996                                                                

Jan- Dec   3,622,385  70,198,675   2,893,647     7,906  54,930,859   18.98
Jan- Apr   1,112,751  19,782,732     876,972     7,248  15,196,873   17.33
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

1997                            
                                                                    
Jan- Apr   1,165,031  23,359,424     906,547     7,555  17,664,925   19.49
January      287,411   6,491,986     216,778     6,993   4,774,598   22.03
February     264,834   5,566,305     206,100     7,361   4,222,377   20.49
March        302,844   5,811,473     233,845     7,543   4,378,508   18.72
April        309,942   5,489,660     249,824     8,327   4,289,441   17.17
May                                                                 
June                                                                

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(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.


SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-98), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, APRIL 1997.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.