EXHIBIT 3.  GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, 
            NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: March 1999

Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-)  Represents zero.




                                           Net quantity in
                                         thousands of barrels

                                                                Cumulative
     Country                      March          February          1999

Total                             263,476         247,595         773,505

OPEC Total                        130,761         123,481         378,806

Algeria                               (-)             224           1,030
Indonesia                             990           1,838           5,210
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                               20,924          19,656          54,432
Kuwait                              8,256           3,691          16,704
Nigeria                            23,898          18,344          64,752

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                       42,949          43,901         128,283
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                          33,745          35,826         108,394

Non-OPEC                          132,715         124,115         394,699

Angola                             10,932          10,299          35,535
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                              2,150           1,405           4,158
Cameroon                              402             (-)             402
Canada                             31,922          32,009         102,057
China                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                 1,888           1,885           6,611
Congo (Kinshasa)                      (-)             656           1,021

Ecuador                             1,797           1,434           5,693
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                                                              189
Mexico                             40,391          34,702         112,611
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                  943           1,326           2,622
Trinidad and Tobago                 1,632             818           4,395

All Other                          40,658          39,581         119,404
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                                           Customs value in
                                         thousands of dollars

                                                               Cumulative
    Country                       March          February         1999

Total                           2,748,139       2,343,134       7,504,224

OPEC Total                      1,353,179       1,121,303       3,559,610

Algeria                               (-)           2,683          10,470
Indonesia                          10,688          21,168          56,963
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              216,574         178,344         520,986
Kuwait                            107,393          33,505         175,617
Nigeria                           279,469         197,248         719,962

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      432,437         391,490       1,167,965
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         306,618         296,864         907,648

Non-OPEC                        1,394,960       1,221,832       3,944,613

Angola                            111,111         108,382         364,782
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             26,425          14,479          47,413
Cameroon                            4,346             (-)           4,346
Canada                            338,560         330,137       1,056,594
China                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                22,372          19,007          68,413
Congo (Kinshasa)                      (-)           6,735          10,204

Ecuador                            17,947          12,371          50,869
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              (-)             (-)           2,080
Mexico                            392,015         302,605       1,013,438
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                                9,058          12,626          24,212
Trinidad and Tobago                19,823           9,096          50,599

All Other                         453,303         406,395       1,251,665
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                                            C.i.f. value in
                                         thousands of dollars

                                                               Cumulative
    Country                       March         February          1999

Total                           2,993,635       2,578,427       8,219,825

OPEC Total                      1,502,562       1,261,145       3,983,755

Algeria                               (-)           2,683          11,494
Indonesia                          12,131          22,930          63,279
Iran                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Iraq                              243,838         205,088         594,219
Kuwait                            122,779          40,278         203,945
Nigeria                           310,350         216,520         793,617

Qatar                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Saudi Arabia                      483,247         449,050       1,328,366
United Arab Emirates                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Venezuela                         330,216         324,596         988,836

Non-OPEC                        1,491,074       1,317,282       4,236,070

Angola                            125,765         119,903         406,739
Bahamas                               (-)             (-)             (-)
Brunei                             29,702          16,673          53,840
Cameroon                            4,849             (-)           4,849
Canada                            361,358         352,729       1,127,164
China                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Congo (Brazzaville)                24,409          20,940          73,781
Congo (Kinshasa)                      (-)           7,556          11,408

Ecuador                            19,382          13,783          56,459
Egypt                                 (-)             (-)             (-)
Malaysia                              (-)             (-)           2,453
Mexico                            407,132         317,447       1,058,210
Netherlands Antilles                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Oman                                  (-)             (-)             (-)
Peru                               10,397          15,134          28,739
Trinidad and Tobago                20,851           9,731          53,706

All Other                         487,229         443,387       1,358,722

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