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 $)        ($)

2007                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,807,811  318,822,423       3,690,568       10,111  237,211,653        64.28
Jan.- July            2,824,464  168,587,079       2,157,296       10,176  123,335,328        57.17

January                 419,828   22,065,916         321,272       10,364   16,763,529        52.18
February                334,586   17,471,845         256,750        9,170   13,001,677        50.64
March                   418,262   23,186,425         318,783       10,283   16,941,702        53.15
April                   404,329   24,344,989         305,965       10,199   17,514,576        57.24
May                     427,007   27,038,265         322,212       10,394   19,128,841        59.37
June                    414,174   26,723,896         321,757       10,725   19,623,027        60.99

July                    406,277   27,755,742         310,556       10,018   20,361,977        65.57
August                  414,665   28,897,623         317,585       10,245   21,647,863        68.16
September               391,646   27,435,637         302,410       10,080   20,700,725        68.45
October                 404,808   30,039,497         315,071       10,164   22,869,846        72.59
November                389,483   31,771,542         300,371       10,012   23,990,094        79.87
December                382,745   32,091,045         297,836        9,608   24,667,796        82.82

2008                                                                                               

Jan.- July            2,719,841  276,905,841       2,123,861        9,971  214,478,822       100.99

January                 420,916   35,836,371         322,206       10,394   27,093,581        84.09
February                367,098   31,356,495         286,483        9,879   24,281,817        84.76
March                   363,252   33,146,123         278,571        8,986   25,030,666        89.85
April                   388,145   38,185,528         303,050       10,102   29,339,760        96.81
May                     373,287   40,360,232         293,995        9,484   31,245,288       106.28
June                    382,675   45,207,376         297,532        9,918   34,850,146       117.13

July                    424,467   52,813,717         342,024       11,033   42,637,563       124.66
August                                                                                             
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December                                                                                           
                                                   

(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-08-137, BEA-08-40), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, July 2008.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini
(301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.