PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

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

1996                                                                

Jan - Dec  3,386,248  65,702,757   2,665,219     7,282  50,581,546   18.98
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        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 - Mar    855,089  17,869,764     656,723     7,297  13,375,483   20.37
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
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-97-85), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MARCH 1997.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.