PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1994 TO DECEMBER 1996 

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



   Period         Balance      Exports      Imports

1994
                                        
Jan. - Dec.        22,627      120,743       98,116
January             2,890        9,526        6,635
February            2,157        8,862        6,705
March               2,711       11,036        8,325
April               2,555        9,881        7,326
May                 1,901        9,357        7,456
June                2,210       10,455        8,244
                                        
July                1,299        9,080        7,781
August              1,637        9,965        8,328
September           1,341       10,588        9,247
October               673       10,034        9,361
November            1,024       10,440        9,416
December            2,228       11,519        9,291

1995
                                        
Jan. - Dec.        13,629      138,416      124,787
January               783        9,225        8,443
February            1,779       10,122        8,342
March               2,137       12,320       10,184
April               1,857       11,058        9,201
May                 1,200       11,010        9,809
June                1,354       11,969       10,615
              
July                  241       10,626       10,385
August                718       11,722       11,004
September             -39       11,549       11,588
October               -63       12,200       12,262
November            1,251       12,888       11,637
December            2,411       13,727       11,316

1996          
                                        
Jan. - Dec.        24,575      154,881      130,305
January               558       11,279       10,721
February            1,951       12,079       10,128
March               2,644       13,998       11,354
April               1,965       12,556       10,591
May                 2,399       12,839       10,440
June                2,647       13,195       10,548

July                1,285       11,893       10,608
August              2,210       12,750       10,540
September           1,009       12,341       11,332
October             2,353       13,927       11,574
November            2,875       13,630       10,754
December            2,679       14,394       11,716

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


SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-26), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, DECEMBER 1996.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.