PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1997 TO JULY 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.- July                         20,607         101,962          81,355
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.                         29,694         186,444         156,750
Jan.- July                         16,012         103,904          87,893
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.- July                         13,823         112,395          98,572
January                             3,465          15,533          12,069
February                            2,381          14,921          12,541
March                               3,532          18,039          14,507
April                               2,359          16,064          13,705
May                                 1,706          15,688          13,982
June                                  746          16,541          15,795

July                                 -365          15,609          15,974
August                                     
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October                                    
November                                   
December                                   

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

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-99-169), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, July 1999.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign 
        Trade Division.