EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: May 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 May April 1999 Total 275,289 274,232 1,323,026 OPEC Total 129,050 147,147 655,003 Algeria 2,257 2,231 5,518 Indonesia 2,924 3,065 11,199 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 18,092 24,219 96,743 Kuwait 7,833 7,393 31,930 Nigeria 18,305 23,296 106,353 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 39,994 38,767 207,044 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 39,646 48,176 196,216 Non-OPEC 146,239 127,085 668,023 Angola 15,671 10,293 61,498 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 1,470 1,286 6,914 Cameroon 414 817 Canada 31,473 33,837 167,367 China 1,564 1,564 Congo (Brazzaville) 1,840 965 9,416 Congo (Kinshasa) 369 1,040 2,429 Ecuador 2,919 2,204 10,817 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 1,319 233 1,741 Mexico 37,534 35,809 185,954 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 1,084 1,610 5,317 Trinidad and Tobago 550 1,102 6,048 All Other 51,595 37,142 208,141 __________________________________________________________________________ Customs value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country May April 1999 Total 4,003,468 3,485,593 14,993,285 OPEC Total 1,862,490 1,831,065 7,253,165 Algeria 34,796 29,715 74,981 Indonesia 46,234 38,297 141,494 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 267,585 307,508 1,096,078 Kuwait 106,211 88,360 370,187 Nigeria 298,647 326,107 1,344,716 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 568,606 477,131 2,213,702 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 540,412 563,948 2,012,007 Non-OPEC 2,140,978 1,654,529 7,740,120 Angola 237,422 141,033 743,236 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 21,677 17,860 86,949 Cameroon 6,719 (-) 11,064 Canada 441,489 419,359 1,917,441 China (-) 16,723 16,723 Congo (Brazzaville) 29,415 13,593 111,421 Congo (Kinshasa) 5,790 13,395 29,388 Ecuador 41,999 24,748 117,617 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 22,335 3,417 27,832 Mexico 517,080 455,321 1,985,840 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 15,739 18,857 58,808 Trinidad and Tobago 9,329 16,507 76,436 All Other 791,984 513,714 2,557,364 _________________________________________________________________________ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country May April 1999 Total 4,243,972 3,735,079 16,198,876 OPEC Total 1,997,299 1,986,205 7,967,259 Algeria 37,106 31,734 80,334 Indonesia 49,797 41,615 154,691 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 291,731 340,118 1,226,067 Kuwait 117,066 100,034 421,045 Nigeria 315,770 349,305 1,458,691 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 617,748 523,918 2,470,032 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 568,080 599,482 2,156,398 Non-OPEC 2,246,673 1,748,874 8,231,617 Angola 253,709 152,656 813,105 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 23,927 19,616 97,383 Cameroon 7,311 (-) 12,160 Canada 459,997 442,535 2,029,696 China (-) 17,726 17,726 Congo (Brazzaville) 31,325 14,732 119,838 Congo (Kinshasa) 6,202 14,746 32,357 Ecuador 45,413 28,046 129,918 Egypt (-) (-) (-) Malaysia 24,566 3,724 30,742 Mexico 532,329 470,928 2,061,466 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 17,289 20,914 66,942 Trinidad and Tobago 9,698 17,404 80,809 All Other 834,906 545,847 2,739,476 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."