ANNUAL REVISION FOR 1999

PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 15. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            1999 DATA 

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

      Period           Balance           Exports           Imports

 
1998                            
                                     
Jan. - Dec.                  29,694           186,444           156,750

January                       2,764            14,177            11,413
February                      2,942            14,083            11,141
March                         3,136            16,971            13,835
April                         2,088            14,426            12,338
May                           2,317            14,752            12,435
June                          2,055            15,448            13,393

July                            710            14,047            13,337
August                        1,009            14,006            12,997
September                     1,790            15,913            14,123
October                       2,902            17,177            14,275
November                      2,761            16,616            13,855
December                      5,221            18,828            13,607

1999                            

Jan. - Dec.                  19,098           200,277           181,179

January                       3,448            15,594            12,147
February                      2,384            14,975            12,591
March                         3,485            18,082            14,597
April                         2,236            16,050            13,814
May                           1,774            15,740            13,965
June                            852            16,680            15,828

July                           -550            15,429            15,978
August                        1,093            16,571            15,478
September                       939            17,049            16,110
October                       1,120            17,824            16,704
November                       -923            16,000            16,923
December                      3,238            20,283            17,044

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


SOURCE: Report FT900 (99) (CB-00-94), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, FINAL 1999. For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.