EXHIBIT 3. GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: September 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 September August 1999 Total 274,202 281,061 2,445,715 OPEC Total 134,867 134,403 1,185,071 Algeria (-) 1 6,822 Indonesia 2,810 1,511 18,332 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 23,267 19,891 183,972 Kuwait 7,298 10,592 65,576 Nigeria 18,267 22,954 186,968 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 44,504 40,405 372,904 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 38,720 39,049 350,497 Non-OPEC 139,335 146,657 1,260,644 Angola 15,969 11,588 109,113 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 828 453 10,878 Cameroon (-) (-) 1,212 Canada 32,189 36,056 316,255 China 2,210 424 4,762 Congo (Brazzaville) 1,277 1,886 15,687 Congo (Kinshasa) (-) 350 4,111 Ecuador 1,977 3,929 21,748 Egypt 549 (-) 549 Malaysia 1,052 646 4,424 Mexico 35,148 40,354 340,236 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 1,080 1,073 8,928 Trinidad and Tobago 1,529 1,580 11,718 All Other 45,525 48,318 411,022 ______________________________________________________________________ Customs value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country September August 1999 Total 5,351,367 5,001,610 33,999,405 OPEC Total 2,563,857 2,351,703 16,068,884 Algeria 7 16 98,008 Indonesia 53,677 27,437 268,019 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 434,031 345,894 2,534,508 Kuwait 154,318 196,996 959,719 Nigeria 384,886 447,399 2,813,035 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 818,242 687,861 4,934,713 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 718,696 646,101 4,460,881 Non-OPEC 2,787,511 2,649,907 17,930,520 Angola 326,689 226,234 1,616,101 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 19,044 9,265 160,746 Cameroon (-) (-) 18,634 Canada 598,808 614,572 4,350,516 China 43,173 6,951 75,645 Congo (Brazzaville) 24,984 34,534 219,565 Congo (Kinshasa) (-) 6,793 56,897 Ecuador 35,311 68,798 297,901 Egypt 11,459 (-) 11,459 Malaysia 23,676 13,429 82,084 Mexico 683,380 715,907 4,544,068 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 20,714 16,099 117,045 Trinidad and Tobago 31,673 27,447 180,323 All Other 968,600 909,879 6,199,538 ________________________________________________________________________ C.i.f. value in thousands of dollars Cumulative Country September August 1999 Total 5,569,250 5,231,121 36,111,221 OPEC Total 2,691,091 2,480,692 17,292,891 Algeria 7 17 104,430 Indonesia 56,808 29,206 289,253 Iran (-) (-) (-) Iraq 460,402 368,434 2,761,896 Kuwait 163,951 212,125 1,054,273 Nigeria 399,371 467,047 2,991,274 Qatar (-) (-) (-) Saudi Arabia 865,647 731,364 5,380,652 United Arab Emirates (-) (-) (-) Venezuela 744,904 672,498 4,711,113 Non-OPEC 2,878,159 2,750,429 18,818,330 Angola 340,353 237,647 1,729,078 Bahamas (-) (-) (-) Brunei 20,069 10,004 176,668 Cameroon (-) (-) 20,406 Canada 619,430 637,575 4,554,861 China 45,632 7,366 80,050 Congo (Brazzaville) 26,408 36,335 234,351 Congo (Kinshasa) (-) 7,200 61,910 Ecuador 37,981 73,850 324,255 Egypt 12,063 (-) 12,063 Malaysia 25,247 14,558 89,096 Mexico 696,155 731,086 4,674,543 Netherlands Antilles (-) (-) (-) Oman (-) (-) (-) Peru 21,510 16,636 127,752 Trinidad and Tobago 32,649 28,433 188,227 All Other 1,000,661 949,741 6,545,071 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."