ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1999

PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - 1999 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     barrels)   dollars)   barrels)    (avg)     dollars)   ($)


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

1999                            

Jan.-Dec.   4,081,181 65,931,249  3,228,092      8,844 50,889,621  15.76
January       349,000  3,362,436    280,356      9,044  2,581,125   9.21
February      302,085  2,956,909    234,298      8,368  2,221,070   9.48
March         339,876  3,714,882    271,574      8,760  2,850,722  10.50
April         341,124  4,587,395    262,378      8,746  3,378,898  12.88
May           367,964  5,520,574    289,457      9,337  4,225,641  14.60
June          357,634  5,319,719    278,274      9,276  4,040,329  14.52

July          364,520  6,029,371    288,932      9,320  4,653,736  16.11
August        361,349  6,668,471    283,813      9,155  5,073,475  17.88
September     335,339  6,786,611    267,600      8,920  5,269,952  19.69
October       335,459  7,061,683    267,574      8,631  5,555,979  20.76
November      318,537  6,827,215    254,862      8,495  5,365,458  21.05
December      308,292  7,095,984    248,974      8,031  5,673,236  22.79


(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 (99) (CB-00-94), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.