EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: November 1997 Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Net quantity in thousands of barrels Country Cumulative November October 1997 Total 232,757 292,635 2,789,218 OPEC Total 127,762 151,768 1,422,894 Algeria 965 2,039 10,840 Gabon 7,483 10,762 104,024 Indonesia 2,233 1,029 17,662 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 2,730 4,404 14,154 Kuwait 8,752 10,764 101,229 Nigeria 16,625 26,509 281,817 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 40,892 46,149 426,408 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 48,082 50,113 466,760 Non-OPEC 104,996 140,867 1,366,324 Angola 9,337 14,761 130,085 Bahamas (-) (-) 638 Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) (-) Canada 32,467 36,274 382,357 China 678 766 20,218 Congo (Brazzaville) 929 922 20,825 Congo (Kinshasa) 323 181 7,356 Ecuador 1,845 4,061 34,394 Egypt 669 (-) 2,700 Malaysia 579 (-) 3,119 Mexico 40,397 48,127 444,747 Netherlands Antilles (-) 111 3,341 Oman (-) (-) 1,511 Peru 1,069 686 14,471 Trinidad and Tobago 1,139 1,690 15,942 All Other 15,563 33,288 284,618 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Customs value in thousands of dollars Country Cumulative November October 1997 Total 3,986,155 5,166,311 49,679,898 OPEC Total 2,178,158 2,665,878 25,029,502 Algeria 19,395 43,947 226,796 Gabon 141,181 202,346 1,967,757 Indonesia 41,912 18,319 334,559 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 46,400 71,678 237,105 Kuwait 137,891 174,932 1,631,392 Nigeria 325,833 523,888 5,596,333 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 706,125 800,192 7,497,647 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 759,421 830,576 7,537,913 Non-OPEC 1,807,996 2,500,433 24,650,396 Angola 177,065 279,279 2,506,424 Bahamas (-) (-) 11,002 Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) (-) Canada 547,520 608,733 6,761,393 China 12,870 15,019 405,897 Congo (Brazzaville) 16,575 16,618 395,000 Congo (Kinshasa) 5,844 3,328 134,998 Ecuador 31,459 69,699 580,188 Egypt 10,275 (-) 41,829 Malaysia 12,519 (-) 61,200 Mexico 664,252 833,383 7,551,088 Netherlands Antilles (-) 1,760 71,614 Oman (-) (-) 27,263 Peru 16,842 10,177 246,653 Trinidad and Tobago 23,106 34,731 327,448 All Other 289,669 627,706 5,528,398 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Country Cumulative November October 1997 Total 4,245,185 5,471,203 52,722,069 OPEC Total 2,342,604 2,846,328 26,766,347 Algeria 20,862 47,305 243,579 Gabon 150,408 214,614 2,095,997 Indonesia 45,136 20,049 368,278 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 51,581 78,800 262,848 Kuwait 153,330 191,352 1,793,852 Nigeria 345,201 552,622 5,904,525 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 767,673 863,888 8,077,807 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 808,413 877,698 8,019,460 Non-OPEC 1,902,581 2,624,874 25,955,723 Angola 189,956 298,703 2,666,421 Bahamas (-) (-) 11,647 Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) (-) Canada 572,517 630,613 7,115,591 China 14,239 16,567 448,042 Congo (Brazzaville) 17,766 17,808 420,430 Congo (Kinshasa) 6,361 3,651 145,325 Ecuador 34,972 77,454 640,251 Egypt 11,333 (-) 46,099 Malaysia 13,771 (-) 67,382 Mexico 690,681 860,760 7,828,264 Netherlands Antilles (-) 1,838 73,669 Oman (-) (-) 29,724 Peru 18,458 11,705 270,182 Trinidad and Tobago 24,278 36,095 342,918 All Other 308,249 669,679 5,849,778 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311) Foreign Trade Division or see our web site at "http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/" NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."