EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: December 1999 Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-) Represents zero or less than one-half unit of measurment shown. Net quantity in thousands of barrels Cumulative Country December November 1999 Total 250,664 263,070 3,223,755 OPEC Total 121,107 128,727 1,560,585 Algeria 237 (-) 7,059 Indonesia 1,829 3,049 24,832 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 21,896 26,366 263,399 Kuwait 5,705 6,912 83,742 Nigeria 14,228 16,373 230,595 Qatar (-) 332 332 Saudi Arabia 39,928 37,831 489,511 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 37,284 37,861 461,115 Non-OPEC 129,557 134,343 1,663,170 Angola 7,643 10,898 141,289 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 696 845 15,101 Cameroon (-) 413 1,625 Canada 37,960 33,516 424,008 China (-) (-) 4,762 Congo (Brazzaville) 2,017 (-) 19,938 Congo (Kinshasa) 340 1,034 6,141 Ecuador 2,899 2,519 30,604 Egypt 3 (-) 1,069 Malaysia 404 689 6,646 Mexico 36,762 35,466 447,781 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru (-) (-) 8,928 Trinidad and Tobago 1,598 1,248 16,643 All Other 39,235 47,716 538,635 _____________________________________________________________________________ Customs value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country December November 1999 Total 5,681,930 5,499,049 50,661,646 OPEC Total 2,701,892 2,650,621 23,968,245 Algeria 5,937 (-) 103,944 Indonesia 43,139 66,912 413,691 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 493,196 545,842 4,189,934 Kuwait 125,983 143,389 1,352,812 Nigeria 362,925 365,218 3,858,120 Qatar (-) 7,512 7,512 Saudi Arabia 886,863 772,479 7,364,394 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 783,851 749,269 6,677,839 Non-OPEC 2,980,038 2,848,428 26,693,401 Angola 190,819 235,931 2,346,396 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 15,579 19,054 257,576 Cameroon (-) 9,015 27,649 Canada 807,498 678,990 6,570,396 China (-) (-) 75,645 Congo (Brazzaville) 51,673 (-) 318,461 Congo (Kinshasa) 8,311 22,321 102,174 Ecuador 66,506 50,724 489,588 Egypt 26 (-) 21,095 Malaysia 11,550 16,500 137,105 Mexico 813,629 725,679 6,781,318 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru (-) (-) 117,045 Trinidad and Tobago 41,558 27,918 297,879 All Other 972,889 1,062,296 9,151,074 _____________________________________________________________________________ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country December November 1999 Total 5,894,682 5,713,869 53,425,192 OPEC Total 2,824,158 2,776,355 25,564,069 Algeria 6,185 (-) 110,615 Indonesia 45,781 70,851 443,295 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 521,017 578,068 4,512,613 Kuwait 133,830 151,789 1,470,567 Nigeria 377,086 378,372 4,075,479 Qatar (-) 7,515 7,515 Saudi Arabia 932,287 817,600 7,942,944 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 807,973 772,159 7,001,040 Non-OPEC 3,070,523 2,937,515 27,861,124 Angola 197,541 245,939 2,488,009 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 16,324 20,101 279,184 Cameroon (-) 9,468 29,873 Canada 834,769 695,792 6,842,624 China (-) (-) 80,050 Congo (Brazzaville) 53,646 (-) 337,349 Congo (Kinshasa) 8,637 23,282 109,067 Ecuador 69,933 54,011 526,803 Egypt 29 (-) 22,270 Malaysia 12,217 17,632 146,926 Mexico 829,739 740,491 6,962,687 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru (-) (-) 127,752 Trinidad and Tobago 42,586 28,725 308,932 All Other 1,005,103 1,102,073 9,599,597 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (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."