EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: October 1997 Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Net quantity in thousands of barrels Country Cumulative October September 1997 Total 292,635 272,362 2,556,460 OPEC Total 151,768 145,073 1,295,132 Algeria 2,039 1,030 9,875 Gabon 10,762 8,676 96,541 Indonesia 1,029 3,266 15,429 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 4,404 (-) 11,424 Kuwait 10,764 12,084 92,477 Nigeria 26,509 25,898 265,191 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 46,149 46,424 385,516 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 50,113 47,695 418,678 Non-OPEC 140,867 127,289 1,261,328 Angola 14,761 11,150 120,748 Bahamas (-) (-) 638 Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) (-) Canada 36,274 37,524 349,890 China 766 1,882 19,540 Congo 922 4,342 19,896 Ecuador 4,061 3,921 32,549 Egypt (-) (-) 2,031 Malaysia (-) 883 2,540 Mexico 48,127 40,986 404,350 Netherlands Antilles 111 (-) 3,341 Oman (-) (-) 1,511 Peru 686 1,386 13,402 Trinidad and Tobago 1,690 1,434 14,803 Zaire 181 673 7,033 All Other 33,288 23,107 269,055 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Customs value in thousands of dollars Country Cumulative October September 1997 Total 5,166,311 4,553,687 45,693,743 OPEC Total 2,665,878 2,420,846 22,851,343 Algeria 43,947 20,921 207,400 Gabon 202,346 156,348 1,826,576 Indonesia 18,319 58,889 292,648 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 71,678 (-) 190,704 Kuwait 174,932 180,231 1,493,501 Nigeria 523,888 486,667 5,270,500 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 800,192 774,132 6,791,521 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 830,576 743,656 6,778,492 Non-OPEC 2,500,433 2,132,841 22,842,400 Angola 279,279 198,064 2,329,359 Bahamas (-) (-) 11,002 Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) (-) Canada 608,733 615,157 6,213,873 China 15,019 32,890 393,028 Congo 16,618 76,505 378,425 Ecuador 69,699 60,412 548,729 Egypt (-) (-) 31,554 Malaysia (-) 15,763 48,681 Mexico 833,383 655,730 6,886,837 Netherlands Antilles 1,760 (-) 71,614 Oman (-) (-) 27,263 Peru 10,177 20,932 229,811 Trinidad and Tobago 34,731 27,723 304,342 Zaire 3,328 11,448 129,154 All Other 627,706 418,217 5,238,729 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Country Cumulative October September 1997 Total 5,471,203 4,844,356 48,476,884 OPEC Total 2,846,328 2,599,038 24,423,742 Algeria 47,305 22,404 222,717 Gabon 214,614 168,480 1,945,588 Indonesia 20,049 63,276 323,142 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 78,800 (-) 211,266 Kuwait 191,352 199,951 1,640,523 Nigeria 552,622 514,311 5,559,324 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 863,888 842,468 7,310,134 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 877,698 788,146 7,211,048 Non-OPEC 2,624,874 2,245,319 24,053,141 Angola 298,703 210,074 2,476,465 Bahamas (-) (-) 11,647 Brunei (-) (-) (-) Cameroon (-) (-) (-) Canada 630,613 642,945 6,543,074 China 16,567 35,761 433,803 Congo 17,808 81,544 402,664 Ecuador 77,454 67,809 605,279 Egypt (-) (-) 34,766 Malaysia (-) 17,404 53,612 Mexico 860,760 684,327 7,137,583 Netherlands Antilles 1,838 (-) 73,669 Oman (-) (-) 29,724 Peru 11,705 23,922 251,724 Trinidad and Tobago 36,095 28,988 318,639 Zaire 3,651 12,192 138,964 All Other 669,679 440,354 5,541,529 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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."