PART B:  NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
Exhibit 17.  IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING
CRUDE OIL
(Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)


                    Total energy-related
                    petroleum products (1)       Crude Petroleum

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

2012                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            3,848,228  397,538,229       3,094,229        8,454  313,017,272       101.16
Jan.- Mar.              960,497  102,555,808         767,294        8,432   80,733,079       105.22

January                 344,754   36,055,529         270,727        8,733   28,103,628       103.81
February                283,685   29,991,558         225,699        7,783   23,389,584       103.63
March                   332,058   36,508,721         270,868        8,738   29,239,866       107.95
April                   325,366   36,527,884         269,995        9,000   29,682,410       109.94
May                     331,296   36,304,688         272,304        8,784   29,383,643       107.91
June                    331,836   33,564,158         263,436        8,781   26,377,001       100.13

July                    337,203   32,191,224         275,136        8,875   25,816,715        93.83
August                  341,019   33,423,358         273,882        8,835   25,844,076        94.36
September               307,904   31,571,266         246,658        8,222   24,390,337        98.88
October                 323,013   33,169,773         259,659        8,376   25,900,813        99.75
November                306,133   30,616,682         243,014        8,100   23,681,538        97.45
December                283,962   27,613,388         222,852        7,189   21,207,660        95.16

2013                                                                                               

Jan.- Mar.              868,089   85,701,854         681,240        7,569   65,094,212        95.55

January                 326,828   31,685,844         260,737        8,411   24,529,126        94.08
February                260,999   25,842,096         204,768        7,313   19,649,030        95.96
March                   280,262   28,173,915         215,734        6,959   20,916,056        96.95
April                                                                                              
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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 liquefied propane
and butane gas.

NOTE:  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see
the information section on page A-1 of this release, or at
www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
                                                  
SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-13-66, BEA-13-20), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, March 2013.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.