53 Part B: NOT Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 15a. Exports, Imports, and Balance of Advanced Technology Products by Technology Group and Selected Countries and Areas: 2008 In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. January February March April Technology Group Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Total -3,976 21,730 25,706 -4,011 21,373 25,384 -4,126 23,942 28,068 -5,773 22,865 28,638 Advanced Materials -24 166 190 -37 151 188 -62 150 212 -54 149 203 Aerospace 3,567 6,424 2,857 4,312 7,369 3,057 4,233 7,374 3,142 4,217 7,498 3,281 Biotechnology 399 651 251 227 678 451 185 498 313 216 779 564 Electronics 2,363 4,533 2,170 2,036 4,143 2,107 2,041 4,382 2,341 1,949 4,274 2,325 Flexible Manufacturing 342 1,132 790 -74 869 943 404 1,330 926 284 1,185 901 Information and Communications -7,815 6,178 13,993 -7,742 5,615 13,357 -8,371 7,122 15,493 -9,273 6,265 15,538 Life Science -1,406 1,867 3,274 -1,469 1,922 3,391 -1,115 2,269 3,384 -1,388 2,028 3,416 Nuclear Technology -134 180 314 -43 143 185 -158 150 308 -275 82 357 Opto-Electronics -1,459 342 1,802 -1,323 326 1,649 -1,353 536 1,889 -1,549 434 1,983 Weapons 192 256 64 102 157 56 70 130 60 102 171 69 January February March April Selected Countries and Areas Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Total -3,976 21,730 25,706 -4,011 21,373 25,384 -4,126 23,942 28,068 -5,773 22,865 28,638 North America -557 3,891 4,448 -536 3,709 4,245 -424 4,170 4,594 -993 3,904 4,897 Canada 845 2,346 1,501 1,127 2,379 1,251 1,250 2,663 1,414 784 2,401 1,617 Mexico -1,402 1,545 2,947 -1,663 1,331 2,994 -1,673 1,507 3,180 -1,777 1,504 3,280 European Union 602 5,829 5,227 291 6,169 5,878 622 6,359 5,738 1,016 6,921 5,904 France -181 810 991 -382 728 1,110 -125 956 1,081 -20 1,010 1,030 Germany 639 1,418 779 389 1,362 973 330 1,299 969 515 1,480 965 Ireland -1,009 287 1,296 -1,166 421 1,586 -1,151 379 1,530 -1,211 291 1,502 Italy 2 231 229 -23 209 232 19 261 242 21 286 265 United Kingdom 230 1,120 890 435 1,175 740 500 1,172 672 477 1,388 911 Other EU 912 1,945 1,033 1,028 2,255 1,227 1,033 2,262 1,229 1,225 2,445 1,220 Pacific Rim Countries -6,567 7,847 14,414 -5,903 7,570 13,473 -6,955 8,843 15,798 -8,512 7,471 15,983 China -5,234 1,566 6,800 -4,835 1,197 6,033 -5,762 1,495 7,257 -6,292 1,307 7,599 Japan -488 1,452 1,940 -817 1,574 2,391 -1,099 1,515 2,614 -1,013 1,328 2,341 Australia 255 311 56 426 472 46 473 537 63 216 285 68 Indonesia 6 73 67 -24 64 88 -69 29 99 -37 71 108 Malaysia -1,240 687 1,927 -994 647 1,641 -1,146 754 1,899 -1,342 652 1,994 Philippines 150 425 275 124 389 265 147 448 301 79 376 297 Newly Industrialized Countries (NIC -73 3,259 3,332 166 3,161 2,995 451 3,997 3,547 -171 3,389 3,560 Hong Kong 454 513 59 587 638 52 610 658 48 585 639 53 Korea -410 815 1,225 -617 592 1,209 -527 976 1,503 -672 872 1,544 Singapore 64 915 851 383 1,060 677 423 1,192 769 351 1,098 747 Taiwan -181 1,015 1,196 -187 871 1,058 -54 1,172 1,226 -435 781 1,216 Other Pacific Rim 58 74 16 52 65 13 50 69 18 48 64 16 South/Central America 1,564 1,893 328 1,317 1,697 380 1,384 1,837 453 1,584 1,957 373 Brazil 677 856 179 525 733 208 524 812 289 694 911 217 Other S/C America 888 1,037 149 792 964 172 860 1,024 164 890 1,046 156 Other Countries 981 2,268 1,287 806 2,212 1,406 1,246 2,731 1,485 1,124 2,604 1,479 India 138 206 69 386 461 75 391 471 79 91 181 89 Israel 40 308 268 -82 192 273 -43 249 292 100 334 234 Thailand -378 251 628 -427 246 673 -448 255 703 -411 250 661 Other 1,181 1,503 322 929 1,314 385 1,346 1,756 410 1,344 1,839 494 NOTES: *Due to non-disclosure requirements, certain 10-digit Schedule B commodity classifications are subject to suppression and require a change in aggregation. As a result, Advanced Technology Product exports are overstated. For additional information see www.census.gov/ft900. * Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis. For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section on page A-1 of the FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.