ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1997

PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - 1997 DATA 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

           Total energy-related
           Petroleum Products (1)  Crude petroleum

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

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

1997                            

Jan - Dec   3,802,574  69,288,075    3,069,430      8,409  54,225,906   17.67
January       295,029   6,624,283      224,135      7,230   4,900,107   21.86
February      270,487   5,683,189      211,073      7,538   4,323,793   20.48
March         315,042   6,048,472      245,623      7,923   4,607,899   18.76
April         309,804   5,473,315      250,947      8,365   4,298,102   17.13
May           343,544   6,079,238      278,223      8,975   4,745,343   17.06
June          313,136   5,430,618      254,232      8,474   4,284,696   16.85

July          325,451   5,493,950      266,293      8,590   4,368,855   16.41
August        333,875   5,856,686      280,897      9,061   4,761,558   16.95
September     335,430   5,822,721      274,565      9,152   4,593,231   16.73
October       341,352   6,162,921      280,555      9,050   4,967,610   17.71
November      308,491   5,471,909      252,757      8,425   4,360,799   17.25
December      310,934   5,140,774      250,131      8,069   4,013,914   16.05

(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 (97) (CB-98-104), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.