                                                                           
Exhibit 15a. Exports, Imports and Balance of Advanced Technology
Products by Technology Group and Selected Countries and Areas

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

                                January - December
Technology Group                Balance     Exports     Imports

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Total                             -38,053     252,708     290,761

Advanced Materials                   -774       1,401       2,176
Aerospace                          53,730      81,324      27,595
Biotechnology                         263       5,169       4,906
Electronics                        25,471      53,466      27,995
Flexible Manufacturing              4,366      14,668      10,303
Information and Communications    -91,579      69,205     160,784
Life Science                      -14,854      18,762      33,616
Nuclear Technology                 -1,416       1,635       3,051
Opto-Electronics                  -14,520       5,064      19,584
Weapons                             1,261       2,013         751

Total                             -38,053     252,708     290,761

North America                      -3,364      42,389      45,753
    Canada                          8,867      23,739      14,873
    Mexico                        -12,231      18,650      30,881
European Union                      5,336      63,965      58,629
    France                            272      10,050       9,778
    Germany                         1,537      12,965      11,428
    Ireland                       -10,190       4,026      14,216
    Italy                             557       2,721       2,165
    United Kingdom                  3,253      12,681       9,428
    Other EU                        9,908      21,523      11,615
Pacific Rim Countries             -67,759      99,641     167,401
    China                         -55,094      17,633      72,727
    Japan                          -6,311      19,542      25,853
    Australia                       3,618       4,227         609
    Indonesia                        -656         260         917
    Malaysia                      -16,577       8,521      25,098
    Philippines                     1,159       4,906       3,747
    Newly Industrialized Countri    4,838      43,136      38,298
        Hong Kong                   5,753       6,539         786
        Korea                         464      14,111      13,647
        Singapore                   2,351      12,154       9,803
        Taiwan                     -3,730      10,332      14,063
    Other Pacific Rim               1,265       1,416         151
South/Central America              14,601      18,057       3,456
    Brazil                          5,269       6,999       1,730
    Other S/C America               9,332      11,058       1,727
Other Countries                    13,134      28,655      15,521
    India                           2,558       3,251         693
    Israel                            132       2,949       2,818
    Thailand                       -3,342       3,867       7,209
    Other                          13,786      18,587       4,801

NOTE:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.  For information on
data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions, see the information section
on page 27 of the FT900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.
                                                                           
SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2006 (CB-07-82, BEA-07-26), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division.  For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959)
or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.