PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1992 TO AUGUST 1994

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



    Period         Balance     Exports     Imports

1992

Jan. - Dec.         35,220     107,091      71,872
Jan. - Aug.         25,000      70,381      45,381
January              3,193       8,102       4,909
February             4,209       9,317       5,108
March                4,264      10,234       5,970
April                2,847       8,493       5,646
May                  2,904       8,220       5,316
June                 3,562       9,794       6,232

July                 2,253       8,279       6,026
August               1,768       7,943       6,175
September            2,172       8,871       6,699
October              2,820       9,517       6,697
November             2,162       8,451       6,289
December             3,065       9,871       6,806

1993
                                        
Jan. - Dec.         27,124     108,357      81,233
Jan. - Aug.         18,807      70,257      51,450
January              2,847       8,350       5,503
February             2,568       8,292       5,723
March                2,888       9,778       6,890
April                2,827       9,042       6,215
May                  2,643       8,818       6,175
June                 2,176       9,373       7,197

July                   863       7,775       6,912
August               1,996       8,831       6,835
September            1,269       8,446       7,177
October              2,551       9,775       7,224
November             1,517       8,953       7,435
December             2,978      10,925       7,947

1994            
                                        
Jan. - Aug.         17,165      78,246      61,081
January              2,896       9,589       6,693
February             2,161       8,857       6,696
March                2,667      11,005       8,338
April                2,570       9,920       7,350
May                  1,840       9,382       7,542
June                 2,104      10,446       8,342

July                 1,335       9,098       7,763
August               1,592       9,949       8,357
September
October
November
December

Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis.



SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-94-165), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, AUGUST 1994. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-763-5333) or Richard M. Preuss (301-763-7754), 
        Foreign Trade Division.