
PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1996 TO APRIL 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.- Apr.            7,168        49,903        42,735
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.- Apr.           12,496        56,908        44,412
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.- Apr.           10,879        59,683        48,804
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
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Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis


SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-98-101), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, APRIL 1998.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.