PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1998 - FEBRUARY 1999 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

 
          Total energy-related
          petroleum products (1)       Crude petroleum

            Quantity     Value      Quantity    1,000's      Value     Unit 
            (1,000's    (1,000's    (1,000's   of barrels   (1,000's   price
  Period   of BBL's)     of ($)    of BBL's)  per day avg.   of ($)     ($)
                                               

1998                                                                   
                                                                       

Jan.- Dec.  4,101,760  49,410,572   3,257,711       8,925  37,534,050   11.52
Jan.- Feb.    620,228   8,844,145     498,067       8,442   6,875,360   13.80
January       325,160   4,811,494     264,221       8,523   3,808,981   14.42
February      295,068   4,032,651     233,845       8,352   3,066,378   13.11
March         334,852   4,174,033     268,050       8,647   3,204,470   11.95
April         370,959   4,584,693     303,264      10,109   3,576,166   11.79
May           351,760   4,402,155     279,086       9,003   3,293,959   11.80
June          352,066   4,176,827     280,824       9,361   3,154,062   11.23

July          356,627   4,055,171     278,706       8,991   2,986,154   10.71
August        363,670   4,038,307     289,081       9,325   3,072,390   10.63
September     316,037   3,625,369     246,853       8,228   2,710,788   10.98
October       362,801   4,392,714     282,542       9,114   3,273,486   11.59
November      344,442   3,888,008     273,737       9,125   2,958,358   10.81
December      328,318   3,229,151     257,503       8,307   2,428,857    9.43


1999                            

                                                                       
Jan.- Feb.    647,173   6,285,334     510,029       8,645   4,756,085    9.33
January       330,815   3,192,483     262,434       8,466   2,412,950    9.19
February      316,359   3,092,851     247,595       8,843   2,343,134    9.46
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(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.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-73), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, February 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.