PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1996 TO SEPTEMBER 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.- Sep.                       16,608        112,859         96,251
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
Jan.- Sep.                       23,871        131,617        107,746
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

1998                            

Jan.- Sep.                       18,978        133,832        114,854
January                           2,577         14,090         11,513
February                          3,070         14,187         11,117
March                             3,104         16,983         13,879
April                             2,127         14,421         12,294
May                               2,253         14,591         12,339
June                              2,109         15,545         13,437

July                                816         14,089         13,273
August                              971         13,989         13,018
September                         1,950         15,935         13,985
October                                  
November                                 
December                                 

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

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-212), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, September 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.