PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1996 TO MARCH 1998 

(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
Jan.- Mar.              5,291         37,452         32,161
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.             32,032        179,322        147,290
Jan.- Mar.              9,020         41,619         32,599
January                 1,874         12,446         10,572
February                2,742         12,914         10,173
March                   4,404         16,258         11,854
April                   3,689         15,424         11,735
May                     3,676         15,206         11,531
June                    2,423         14,867         12,444

July                    1,931         14,883         12,952
August                  1,688         14,284         12,596
September               1,429         15,215         13,786
October                 1,553         15,506         13,953
November                2,663         14,730         12,068
December                3,961         17,588         13,627

1998                            

Jan.- Mar.              8,751         45,261         36,510
January                 2,577         14,090         11,513
February                3,070         14,187         11,117
March                   3,104         16,983         13,879
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Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-85), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MARCH 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.