PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 17. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1992 TO MAY 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. - May             17,417         44,365         26,948

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. - May             13,772         44,279         30,506

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. - May             12,135         48,754         36,619

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

July
August
September
October
November
December

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


SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-94-114), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MAY 1994. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-763-5333) or Richard M. Preuss (301-763-7754), 
        Foreign Trade Division.