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  Part B:  NOT Seasonally Adjusted
Exhibit 15a.  Exports, Imports, and Balance of Advanced Technology Products by Technology Group and Selected Countries and Areas: 2008
            Annual Totals

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

                                     January - December
Technology Group                           Balance            Exports            Imports
Total                                            -61,050            270,131            331,181
Advanced Materials                                  -362              1,893              2,255
Aerospace                                         49,671             84,671             35,000
Biotechnology                                      3,794              9,435              5,641
Electronics                                       25,290             50,910             25,621
Flexible Manufacturing                             1,447             11,544             10,098
Information and Communications                  -104,433             77,343            181,776
Life Science                                     -14,765             25,180             39,944
Nuclear Technology                                -2,420              2,041              4,461
Opto-Electronics                                 -20,565              5,001             25,566
Weapons                                            1,293              2,113                820

                                     January - December
    Selected Countries and Areas           Balance            Exports            Imports
Total                                            -61,050            270,131            331,181
North America                                     -8,536             48,415             56,951
Canada                                            12,205             28,830             16,625
Mexico                                           -20,741             19,585             40,326
European Union                                     6,478             75,240             68,762
France                                            -1,209             10,864             12,073
Germany                                            5,629             17,212             11,584
Ireland                                          -14,442              3,162             17,605
Italy                                                 77              2,939              2,862
United Kingdom                                     3,397             14,155             10,758
Other EU                                          12,834             26,573             13,739
Pacific Rim Countries                            -90,775             92,205            182,981
China                                            -74,029             17,363             91,392
Japan                                             -9,238             17,475             26,713
Australia                                          3,587              4,404                817
Indonesia                                           -563                780              1,343
Malaysia                                         -12,107              7,992             20,099
Philippines                                        1,156              4,461              3,305
Newly Industrialized Countries (NICS)               -183             38,953             39,136
Hong Kong                                          6,599              7,365                767
Korea                                             -6,235             10,157             16,392
Singapore                                          3,373             11,567              8,194
Taiwan                                            -3,920              9,864             13,784
Other Pacific Rim                                    601                777                176
South/Central America                             20,412             24,882              4,470
Brazil                                             8,275             10,846              2,570
Other S/C America                                 12,137             14,037              1,899
Other Countries                                   11,503             29,651             18,148
India                                              2,599              3,660              1,062
Israel                                               205              3,371              3,167
Thailand                                          -5,190              2,864              8,055
Other                                             13,890             19,755              5,865

NOTES:
*Due to non-disclosure requirements, certain 10-digit Schedule B commodity classifications are subject to suppression and
require a change in aggregation.   As a result, Advanced Technology Product exports are overstated. For additional
information see www.census.gov/ft900.
* Data not available on a Balance of Payments basis.  For information on data sources, nonsampling errors and definitions,
 see the information section on page A-1 of the FT-900 release, or at www.census.gov/ft900 or
 www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
