ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1998

PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - 1998 DATA 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)
 
            Total energy-related
            petroleum products (1)            Crude petroleum

                                             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   of barrels)of dollars)of barrels)  (avg)  of dollars)   ($)
                                              
1997                                                   

Jan - Dec    3,802,574 69,288,075  3,069,430    8,409 54,225,906    17.67
January        295,029  6,624,283    224,135    7,230  4,900,107    21.86
February       270,487  5,683,189    211,073    7,538  4,323,793    20.48
March          315,042  6,048,472    245,623    7,923  4,607,899    18.76
April          309,804  5,473,315    250,947    8,365  4,298,102    17.13
May            343,544  6,079,238    278,223    8,975  4,745,343    17.06
June           313,136  5,430,618    254,232    8,474  4,284,696    16.85

July           325,451  5,493,950    266,293    8,590  4,368,855    16.41
August         333,875  5,856,686    280,897    9,061  4,761,558    16.95
September      335,430  5,822,721    274,565    9,152  4,593,231    16.73
October        341,352  6,162,921    280,555    9,050  4,967,610    17.71
November       308,491  5,471,909    252,757    8,425  4,360,799    17.25
December       310,934  5,140,774    250,131    8,069  4,013,914    16.05

1998                            

Jan. - Dec.  4,088,027 49,131,751  3,242,711    8,884 37,252,222    11.49
January        332,557  4,876,618    271,208    8,749  3,880,647    14.31
February       292,678  3,983,303    230,593    8,235  3,001,696    13.02
March          330,542  4,099,083    263,407    8,497  3,128,940    11.88
April          357,373  4,415,302    289,968    9,666  3,412,229    11.77
May            356,929  4,467,270    282,846    9,124  3,337,271    11.80
June           341,622  4,025,877    271,314    9,044  3,018,342    11.12

July           366,139  4,165,324    289,718    9,346  3,122,180    10.78
August         374,808  4,135,575    300,227    9,685  3,166,475    10.55
September      330,636  3,787,301    259,951    8,665  2,857,357    10.99
October        342,903  4,183,402    263,149    8,489  3,068,900    11.66
November       337,814  3,811,407    267,953    8,932  2,890,373    10.79
December       324,027  3,181,289    252,378    8,141  2,367,812     9.38


(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.  See exhibit 14 under Mineral fuel for
SITC system detail.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (98) (CB-99-109), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1998. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246), Foreign Trade Division.