PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1998 TO MARCH 2000 

(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)



          Period              Balance         Exports         Imports



1998                            
                                           
Jan.- Dec.                         29,694         186,444         156,750
Jan.- Mar.                          8,841          45,231          36,389
January                             2,764          14,177          11,413
February                            2,942          14,083          11,141
March                               3,136          16,971          13,835
April                               2,088          14,426          12,338
May                                 2,317          14,752          12,435
June                                2,055          15,448          13,393

July                                  710          14,047          13,337
August                              1,009          14,006          12,997
September                           1,790          15,913          14,123
October                             2,902          17,177          14,275
November                            2,761          16,616          13,855
December                            5,221          18,828          13,607

1999                            

Jan.- Dec.                         19,362         200,008         180,646
Jan.- Mar.                          9,377          48,493          39,116
January                             3,465          15,533          12,069
February                            2,381          14,921          12,541
March                               3,532          18,039          14,507
April                               2,359          16,064          13,705
May                                 1,706          15,688          13,982
June                                  746          16,541          15,795

July                                 -365          15,609          15,974
August                              1,144          16,552          15,408
September                             914          16,981          16,067
October                               743          17,453          16,709
November                             -582          16,242          16,825
December                            3,319          20,385          17,066

2000                            

Jan.- Mar.                          3,751          51,525          47,774
January                             1,696          16,386          14,691
February                              881          16,394          15,512
March                               1,174          18,745          17,571
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Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-00-83), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, March 2000.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.