PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. IMPORTS OF ENERGY-RELATED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING 
            CRUDE PETROLEUM - JANUARY 1994 - FEBRUARY 1995 
            (Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)


         Total energy-related
         Petroleum Products (1)   C R U D E   P E T R O L E U M
                                                                                    
                                             1,000 of
           Quantity     Value     Quantity   Barrels     Value      Unit
          (1,000 of   (1,000 of   (1,000 of  per day   (1,000 of   Price
 Period    barrels)    dollars)   barrels)  (average)   dollars) (dollars)

1994                                                               

Jan - Dec  3,421,210  49,578,627  2,704,208     7,409  38,463,525   14.22
Jan - Feb    508,630   6,288,428    377,607     6,400   4,459,201   11.81
January      255,341   3,055,545    195,116     6,294   2,264,555   11.61
February     253,289   3,232,883    182,491     6,518   2,194,646   12.03
March        293,602   3,653,670    221,945     7,160   2,615,549   11.78
April        278,798   3,692,792    218,015     7,267   2,784,967   12.77
May          281,445   4,032,204    217,140     7,005   3,048,080   14.04
June         306,663   4,697,954    249,287     8,310   3,773,009   15.14

July         309,605   5,026,824    245,858     7,931   3,948,804   16.06
August       309,744   5,062,672    241,388     7,787   3,863,535   16.01
September    310,784   4,709,013    260,838     8,695   3,919,115   15.03
October      270,244   4,034,028    221,881     7,157   3,291,364   14.83
November     281,980   4,358,642    229,632     7,654   3,514,576   15.31
December     269,715   4,022,400    220,617     7,117   3,245,325   14.71

1995
                                                                   
Jan - Feb    497,437   7,719,756    402,184     6,817   6,138,648   15.26
January      257,603   3,937,779    209,571     6,760   3,152,996   15.05
February     239,834   3,781,977    192,613     6,879   2,985,652   15.50
March
April
May
June

July
August
September
October
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 liquified propane and butane gas.  See exhibit 16 under Mineral 
    fuel for SITC system detail.


SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-95-78), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FEBRUARY 1995.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.