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 $)        ($)

2011                                                                                               

Jan.- Dec.            4,164,178  421,222,815       3,321,918        9,101  331,582,054        99.82
Jan.- July            2,450,252  245,172,879       1,930,817        9,108  189,859,518        98.33

January                 375,278   32,225,231         289,719        9,346   24,480,085        84.50
February                303,752   26,924,851         240,735        8,598   20,985,588        87.17
March                   371,233   35,687,864         294,379        9,496   27,616,100        93.81
April                   332,758   35,106,188         252,246        8,408   26,029,655       103.19
May                     352,560   38,975,776         277,006        8,936   30,122,982       108.74
June                    363,869   39,086,434         294,372        9,812   31,183,598       105.93

July                    350,802   37,166,535         282,360        9,108   29,441,509       104.27
August                  364,355   37,865,519         300,919        9,707   30,889,421       102.65
September               345,778   35,333,723         282,699        9,423   28,553,690       101.00
October                 324,353   32,457,354         261,785        8,445   25,882,552        98.87
November                335,329   34,667,982         264,770        8,826   27,134,248       102.48
December                344,110   35,725,357         280,927        9,062   29,262,625       104.16

2012                                                                                               

Jan.- July            2,286,198  241,143,762       1,848,165        8,677  191,992,847       103.88

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                                                                                             
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November                                                                                           
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-12-169, BEA-12-38), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division, July 2012.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki
(301-763-3148) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.