PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1997 TO JANUARY 1999 

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


 
         Period              Balance        Exports        Imports


1997                            
                                         
Jan.- Dec.                       32,252        179,538        147,287
Jan.-                             1,866         12,359         10,494
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.- Dec.                       29,879        186,552        156,673
Jan.-                             2,577         14,090         11,513
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                           2,948         17,198         14,250
November                          2,639         16,538         13,899
December                          5,315         18,985         13,670

1999                            

Jan.-                             3,465         15,533         12,069
January                           3,465         15,533         12,069
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Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-55), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, January 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.