ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1997

PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            1997 DATA 

(In millions of dollars.  Details may not equal totals due to rounding.)
                                   
     Period           Balance          Exports          Imports

1996                            
                                   
Jan. - Dec.                24,548          154,909          130,362

January                       580           11,213           10,633
February                    2,112           12,256           10,144
March                       2,599           13,983           11,385
April                       1,877           12,451           10,574
May                         2,401           12,843           10,441
June                        2,667           13,207           10,540

July                        1,168           11,817           10,649
August                      2,210           12,751           10,541
September                     994           12,339           11,345
October                     2,356           13,946           11,590
November                    2,955           13,730           10,775
December                    2,628           14,374           11,746

1997                            

Jan. - Dec.                32,252          179,538          147,287

January                     1,866           12,359           10,494
February                    2,730           12,883           10,152
March                       4,739           16,712           11,972
April                       3,161           14,954           11,793
May                         3,812           15,242           11,430
June                        2,472           14,895           12,423

July                        1,826           14,917           13,091
August                      1,875           14,387           12,511
September                   1,389           15,268           13,879
October                     1,871           15,787           13,915
November                    2,600           14,638           12,037
December                    3,909           17,497           13,588

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


SOURCE: Report FT900 (97) (CB-98-104), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1997. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.