54 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. May June July August Technology Group Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Total -4,593 23,228 27,821 -4,738 24,220 28,957 -7,438 22,927 30,366 -4,037 24,077 28,114 Advanced Materials -26 172 198 -46 155 202 -46 155 201 -34 179 213 Aerospace 4,712 7,726 3,014 4,620 7,891 3,271 3,652 6,656 3,004 5,786 8,346 2,560 Biotechnology 334 770 437 436 843 407 -12 776 788 315 885 569 Electronics 2,213 4,446 2,233 2,299 4,427 2,128 2,263 4,548 2,285 2,436 4,547 2,111 Flexible Manufacturing 141 976 836 182 1,046 864 114 966 852 175 933 758 Information and Communications -8,831 6,299 15,130 -9,003 6,918 15,921 -10,182 6,715 16,897 -9,472 6,449 15,921 Life Science -1,184 2,096 3,280 -1,253 2,157 3,410 -1,226 2,039 3,265 -1,050 2,088 3,138 Nuclear Technology -94 247 341 -248 150 398 -368 263 631 -388 128 515 Opto-Electronics -1,889 402 2,291 -1,782 499 2,280 -1,922 428 2,349 -1,843 425 2,268 Weapons 31 93 62 58 134 75 287 380 94 35 97 62 May June July August Selected Countries and Areas Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Balance Exports Imports Total -4,593 23,228 27,821 -4,738 24,220 28,957 -7,438 22,927 30,366 -4,037 24,077 28,114 North America -688 4,307 4,995 -863 4,168 5,031 -875 4,091 4,966 -971 3,942 4,913 Canada 1,406 2,817 1,411 1,004 2,470 1,467 926 2,366 1,440 973 2,203 1,230 Mexico -2,094 1,490 3,584 -1,866 1,698 3,564 -1,801 1,725 3,526 -1,945 1,739 3,683 European Union 357 6,101 5,744 825 6,948 6,123 -413 6,050 6,463 484 5,949 5,465 France -9 1,020 1,029 -186 911 1,097 -248 871 1,119 152 950 798 Germany 470 1,400 930 544 1,661 1,118 356 1,340 984 454 1,388 934 Ireland -1,301 145 1,446 -1,008 350 1,359 -1,253 210 1,463 -1,192 146 1,338 Italy 6 242 236 64 300 236 -31 239 270 -27 220 248 United Kingdom 254 1,177 924 599 1,403 804 1 1,110 1,109 34 1,154 1,119 Other EU 922 2,089 1,168 799 2,296 1,497 755 2,258 1,504 1,054 2,071 1,017 Pacific Rim Countries -6,555 8,680 15,235 -7,235 8,472 15,707 -9,003 8,108 17,111 -7,371 8,432 15,803 China -5,625 1,793 7,418 -6,358 1,566 7,925 -7,317 1,627 8,944 -6,392 1,905 8,297 Japan -626 1,587 2,213 -768 1,611 2,379 -871 1,393 2,265 -280 1,860 2,141 Australia 305 386 81 463 528 64 303 378 74 232 312 80 Indonesia -84 39 122 -78 26 104 19 114 95 -35 87 121 Malaysia -1,206 676 1,882 -1,154 657 1,812 -1,236 710 1,946 -863 752 1,615 Philippines 138 412 274 78 350 272 98 392 294 84 358 274 Newly Industrialized Countries (NIC 486 3,716 3,230 538 3,677 3,139 -57 3,422 3,479 -204 3,056 3,260 Hong Kong 717 774 58 575 638 63 511 581 69 533 605 71 Korea -413 931 1,344 -203 1,080 1,283 -622 912 1,534 -580 738 1,318 Singapore 427 1,129 703 423 1,110 688 142 916 774 301 929 628 Taiwan -244 882 1,126 -256 849 1,105 -88 1,013 1,102 -458 784 1,242 Other Pacific Rim 56 70 14 44 57 13 59 73 15 87 101 15 South/Central America 1,729 2,062 333 1,671 2,161 490 1,951 2,243 292 2,175 2,532 356 Brazil 662 825 163 611 920 310 807 945 138 1,105 1,296 190 Other S/C America 1,067 1,237 170 1,060 1,240 180 1,144 1,298 155 1,070 1,236 166 Other Countries 561 2,075 1,513 857 2,462 1,605 901 2,433 1,532 1,628 3,203 1,574 India 138 229 91 380 461 81 344 432 89 132 227 95 Israel -30 213 243 -59 215 274 -4 269 273 272 519 247 Thailand -451 235 687 -529 229 758 -422 244 666 -445 255 700 Other 906 1,397 492 1,064 1,558 494 983 1,488 505 1,669 2,201 532 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.