EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: July 1998 Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. Net quantity in thousands of barrels Cumulative Country July June 1998 Total 278,706 280,824 1,907,997 OPEC Total 134,489 130,779 915,851 Algeria 496 837 2,822 Indonesia 1,901 717 7,590 Iran Iraq 6,811 6,501 32,411 Kuwait 13,572 8,275 75,351 Nigeria 23,164 29,624 185,476 Qatar Saudi Arabia 47,469 41,081 305,591 United Arab Emirates Venezuela 41,077 43,744 306,008 Non-OPEC 144,217 150,045 992,146 Angola 16,190 14,382 99,720 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei (-) 427 427 Cameroon 437 (-) 437 Canada 38,811 43,317 277,255 China 1,644 3,756 12,253 Congo (Brazzaville) 942 938 9,896 Congo (Kinshasa) 673 708 3,795 Ecuador 2,412 2,081 16,255 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 736 2,566 10,681 Mexico 39,203 42,598 282,331 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 1,076 1,443 9,350 Trinidad and Tobago 1,716 1,675 11,588 All Other 40,378 36,153 258,158 _________________________________________________________________________ Customs value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country July June 1998 Total 2,986,154 3,154,062 23,090,171 OPEC Total 1,366,017 1,407,258 10,717,829 Algeria 6,433 11,657 42,176 Indonesia 22,563 8,933 104,928 Iran Iraq 71,550 71,687 390,374 Kuwait 130,157 70,858 832,906 Nigeria 275,727 411,669 2,591,243 Qatar Saudi Arabia 468,719 406,084 3,541,240 United Arab Emirates 8,331 Venezuela 390,868 426,371 3,206,630 Non-OPEC 1,620,137 1,746,804 12,372,341 Angola 184,588 197,530 1,347,856 Bahamas Brunei (-) 5,254 5,254 Cameroon 4,916 (-) 4,916 Canada 450,952 500,452 3,469,991 China 20,613 46,444 160,068 Congo (Brazzaville) 10,714 13,751 128,214 Congo (Kinshasa) 6,985 9,514 47,528 Ecuador 24,819 20,433 179,708 Egypt Malaysia 9,647 33,283 154,572 Mexico 405,468 432,358 3,129,753 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 9,315 11,167 92,481 Trinidad and Tobago 21,255 23,165 167,095 All Other 470,864 453,454 3,484,906 __________________________________________________________________________ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country July June 1998 Total 3,247,418 3,416,179 24,986,697 OPEC Total 1,516,618 1,554,449 11,794,222 Algeria 7,060 12,573 46,064 Indonesia 24,743 10,159 116,277 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 82,513 80,667 439,255 Kuwait 149,849 84,412 949,669 Nigeria 297,926 442,532 2,797,003 Qatar Saudi Arabia 531,645 462,586 3,968,605 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 9,806 Venezuela 422,882 461,520 3,467,544 Non-OPEC 1,730,800 1,861,729 13,192,475 Angola 202,468 212,704 1,469,616 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei (-) 5,536 5,536 Cameroon 5,414 (-) 5,414 Canada 476,148 531,325 3,667,390 China 23,681 51,448 178,752 Congo (Brazzaville) 11,894 14,778 134,540 Congo (Kinshasa) 7,874 10,309 53,141 Ecuador 28,772 23,910 207,112 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 10,926 37,388 171,517 Mexico 420,454 449,394 3,260,739 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 10,999 13,706 109,558 Trinidad and Tobago 22,372 24,216 175,789 All Other 509,797 487,016 3,753,370 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."