PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

1996                                                               
                                                                   
Jan - Dec  3,386,248  65,702,757   2,665,219   7,282   50,581,546   18.98
Jan. -       297,319   5,043,908     230,168   7,425    3,786,040   16.45
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      288,383   6,271,386     224,751   7,250    4,805,242   21.38
November     248,090   5,430,203     191,698   6,390    4,110,615   21.44
December     289,778   6,491,705     215,222   6,943    4,659,704   21.65
                                                                   
1997
                                                                   
Jan. -       303,151   6,830,743     232,518   7,501    5,113,355   21.99
January      303,151   6,830,743     232,518   7,501    5,113,355   21.99
February
March
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.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-42), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, JANUARY 1997.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.