EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: December 1998 Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. Net quantity in thousands of barrels Cumulative Country December November 1998 Total 257,503 273,737 3,257,711 OPEC Total 123,960 126,589 1,565,114 Algeria 1,026 970 6,517 Indonesia 2,412 4,184 20,177 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 11,859 15,143 108,358 Kuwait 6,202 5,020 113,496 Nigeria 16,996 19,614 286,944 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 43,117 35,398 507,470 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 599 Venezuela 42,348 46,260 521,553 Non-OPEC 133,543 147,147 1,692,597 Angola 14,573 18,342 172,076 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 2,114 2,054 6,855 Cameroon 813 Canada 38,887 32,116 460,568 China (-) (-) 15,999 Congo (Brazzaville) 1,846 3,090 22,114 Congo (Kinshasa) 655 364 5,861 Ecuador 1,985 2,067 33,333 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 297 477 11,456 Mexico 34,939 39,851 469,438 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 933 1,943 14,974 Trinidad and Tobago 229 1,580 17,721 All Other 37,087 45,262 461,390 _____________________________________________________________________ Customs value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country December November 1998 Total 2,428,857 2,958,358 37,534,050 OPEC Total 1,104,958 1,285,434 17,323,589 Algeria 11,389 11,716 88,032 Indonesia 28,273 50,971 257,255 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 117,780 160,257 1,199,380 Kuwait 46,292 46,867 1,193,929 Nigeria 181,299 236,142 3,827,803 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 387,451 348,253 5,537,737 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 8,331 Venezuela 332,474 431,228 5,211,123 Non-OPEC 1,323,899 1,672,924 20,210,460 Angola 147,638 210,933 2,179,932 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 24,182 25,577 84,641 Cameroon (-) (-) 9,632 Canada 417,073 389,867 5,580,343 China (-) (-) 206,591 Congo (Brazzaville) 15,804 32,871 260,401 Congo (Kinshasa) 6,396 4,102 70,366 Ecuador 17,428 23,731 366,871 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 3,599 6,827 164,998 Mexico 307,963 394,950 5,006,909 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 6,459 19,207 140,788 Trinidad and Tobago 2,878 19,573 248,311 All Other 374,479 545,287 5,890,677 ______________________________________________________________________ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country December November 1998 Total 2,667,880 3,204,213 40,734,061 OPEC Total 1,243,070 1,425,682 19,162,094 Algeria 12,179 12,625 95,351 Indonesia 31,398 57,177 286,628 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 132,492 178,734 1,360,678 Kuwait 56,649 54,524 1,378,382 Nigeria 197,430 254,080 4,137,417 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 448,497 401,725 6,256,415 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 9,806 Venezuela 364,425 466,818 5,637,418 Non-OPEC 1,424,810 1,778,531 21,571,967 Angola 161,415 228,227 2,375,693 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 27,221 28,708 94,154 Cameroon (-) (-) 10,543 Canada 444,590 408,655 5,911,337 China (-) (-) 231,384 Congo (Brazzaville) 17,729 35,981 276,062 Congo (Kinshasa) 7,088 4,527 78,402 Ecuador 20,668 26,917 420,878 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 3,815 7,596 182,928 Mexico 323,871 411,361 5,213,234 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 8,139 22,027 166,659 Trinidad and Tobago 3,042 20,699 261,131 All Other 407,231 583,833 6,349,561 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."