PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1992 TO MARCH 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. - Mar.              11,666      27,652      15,986

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.              27,182     108,411      81,229
Jan. - Mar.               8,269      26,423      18,154

January                   2,667       8,222       5,554
February                  2,712       8,434       5,722
March                     2,889       9,767       6,878
April                     2,815       9,048       6,234
May                       2,676       8,832       6,156
June                      2,164       9,374       7,211

July                        915       7,801       6,886
August                    2,014       8,851       6,837
September                 1,260       8,468       7,207
October                   2,574       9,784       7,210
November                  1,458       8,938       7,480
December                  3,038      10,892       7,854

1994

Jan. - Mar.               7,724      29,452      21,727

January                   2,896       9,589       6,693
February                  2,161       8,857       6,696
March                     2,667      11,005       8,338
April
May
June

July
August
September
October
November
December

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



SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-94-65), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MARCH 1994. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-763-5333) or Richard M. Preuss (301-763-7754), 
        Foreign Trade Division.