EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: November 1998 Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero. Net quantity in thousands of barrels Cumulative Country November October 1998 Total 273,737 282,542 3,000,209 OPEC Total 126,589 147,412 1,441,155 Algeria 970 1,191 5,491 Indonesia 4,184 3,086 17,765 Iran Iraq 15,143 19,542 96,499 Kuwait 5,020 11,280 107,294 Nigeria 19,614 21,330 269,948 Qatar Saudi Arabia 35,398 45,530 464,353 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 599 Venezuela 46,260 45,453 479,205 Non-OPEC 147,147 135,130 1,559,054 Angola 18,342 9,879 157,504 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 2,054 (-) 4,741 Cameroon (-) 376 813 Canada 32,116 38,830 421,681 China (-) 1,363 15,999 Congo (Brazzaville) 3,090 1,848 20,268 Congo (Kinshasa) 364 656 5,206 Ecuador 2,067 4,475 31,348 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 477 (-) 11,158 Mexico 39,851 33,628 434,499 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 1,943 1,092 14,042 Trinidad and Tobago 1,580 3,248 17,492 All Other 45,262 39,735 424,303 ___________________________________________________________________ Customs value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country November October 1998 Total 2,958,358 3,273,486 35,105,193 OPEC Total 1,285,434 1,633,290 16,218,632 Algeria 11,716 16,719 76,643 Indonesia 50,971 37,050 228,982 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 160,257 208,122 1,081,600 Kuwait 46,867 117,040 1,147,637 Nigeria 236,142 288,238 3,646,504 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 348,253 486,769 5,150,286 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 8,331 Venezuela 431,228 479,351 4,878,649 Non-OPEC 1,672,924 1,640,196 18,886,561 Angola 210,933 128,084 2,032,294 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 25,577 (-) 60,459 Cameroon (-) 4,716 9,632 Canada 389,867 470,483 5,163,270 China (-) 17,987 206,591 Congo (Brazzaville) 32,871 23,714 244,597 Congo (Kinshasa) 4,102 8,020 63,969 Ecuador 23,731 55,881 349,443 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 6,827 (-) 161,399 Mexico 394,950 371,179 4,698,947 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 19,207 9,626 134,329 Trinidad and Tobago 19,573 44,007 245,433 All Other 545,287 506,500 5,516,198 ____________________________________________________________________ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country November October 1998 Total 3,204,213 3,557,173 38,066,182 OPEC Total 1,425,682 1,816,152 17,919,025 Algeria 12,625 17,733 83,172 Indonesia 57,177 41,777 255,230 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 178,734 240,497 1,228,186 Kuwait 54,524 137,147 1,321,733 Nigeria 254,080 310,820 3,939,987 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 401,725 555,297 5,807,918 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) 9,806 Venezuela 466,818 512,881 5,272,993 Non-OPEC 1,778,531 1,741,021 20,147,157 Angola 228,227 138,044 2,214,278 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 28,708 (-) 66,934 Cameroon (-) 5,129 10,543 Canada 408,655 500,060 5,466,747 China (-) 19,854 231,384 Congo (Brazzaville) 35,981 24,782 258,333 Congo (Kinshasa) 4,527 8,783 71,314 Ecuador 26,917 62,552 400,210 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 7,596 (-) 179,113 Mexico 411,361 383,523 4,889,362 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 22,027 11,295 158,520 Trinidad and Tobago 20,699 46,144 258,089 All Other 583,833 540,855 5,942,331 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."