PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 2000 - JUNE 2001 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)

 
         Total energy-related
         petroleum products (1) Crude petroleum

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


2000                                                              
                                                                  

Jan.- Dec 4,314,825 117,057,022  3,399,239      9,288 89,876,433  26.44
Jan.- Jun 2,116,431  54,560,046  1,674,107      9,198 41,992,257  25.08
January     328,944   7,798,812    256,840      8,285  5,986,952  23.31
February    331,029   8,632,800    250,914      8,652  6,306,821  25.14
March       352,420   9,572,150    279,334      9,011  7,376,263  26.41
April       352,645   8,822,627    286,549      9,552  6,995,605  24.41
May         374,717   9,441,126    302,266      9,751  7,339,987  24.28
June        376,676  10,292,532    298,205      9,940  7,986,628  26.78

July        372,219  10,476,318    300,843      9,705  8,342,710  27.73
August      382,898  10,346,489    312,955     10,095  8,320,435  26.59
September   352,047  10,405,294    275,962      9,199  8,012,324  29.03
October     376,156  11,038,941    299,561      9,663  8,557,200  28.57
November    342,202  10,021,308    260,975      8,699  7,395,423  28.34
December    372,872  10,208,627    274,836      8,866  7,256,085  26.40


2001                            

                                                                  
Jan.- Jun 2,304,823  56,069,226  1,740,422      9,616 39,684,693  22.80
January     415,486  10,489,342    291,656      9,408  6,744,556  23.13
February    347,900   8,794,027    251,831      8,994  5,983,413  23.76
March       375,360   8,956,627    292,251      9,427  6,652,830  22.76
April       398,754   9,305,318    307,577     10,253  6,660,124  21.65
May         392,317   9,528,906    305,720      9,862  6,916,854  22.62
June        375,007   8,995,007    291,389      9,713  6,726,916  23.09

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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 liquified propane and butane gas.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-01-138), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, June 2001.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.