                                                                           
Exhibit 15a. Exports, Imports and Balance of Advanced Technology
Products by Technology Group and Selected Countries and Areas
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In millions of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding.

                                January - December
Technology Group                Balance     Exports     Imports

Total                             -80,851     273,344     354,195

Advanced Materials                    166       2,161       1,995

Aerospace                          52,051      81,133      29,082
Biotechnology                       4,091      11,700       7,610
Electronics                        18,366      46,072      27,706
Flexible Manufacturing              6,520      15,821       9,301
Information and Communications   -127,315      77,720     205,036
Life Science                      -14,002      27,833      41,835
Nuclear Technology                 -2,611       2,077       4,688
Opto-Electronics                  -19,732       6,201      25,933
Weapons                             1,615       2,625       1,010
Total                             -80,851     273,344     354,195

North America                      -6,302      55,259      61,561

    Canada                         15,204      28,032      12,828
    Mexico                        -21,506      27,227      48,733
European Union                        561      66,138      65,576
    France                            181      10,615      10,434
    Germany                         6,498      16,598      10,099
    Ireland                       -14,708       2,798      17,506
    Italy                            -246       2,724       2,970
    United Kingdom                  2,553      12,071       9,518
    Other EU                        6,282      21,332      15,050
Pacific Rim Countries            -104,218      96,676     200,893
    Australia                       3,287       4,157         870
    China                         -94,187      21,444     115,631
    Indonesia                         543       1,991       1,448
    Japan                          -7,762      15,552      23,314
    Malaysia                       -6,790       8,458      15,248
    Philippines                       644       3,554       2,910
    Newly Industrialized Countri     -765      40,514      41,280
        Hong Kong                   7,333       8,100         767
        Korea                      -6,396      11,037      17,434
        Singapore                   3,194      10,892       7,698
        Taiwan                     -4,896      10,485      15,381
    Other Pacific Rim                 813       1,006         194
South/Central America              17,815      25,266       7,451
    Brazil                         10,171      10,997         826
    Other S/C America               7,644      14,269       6,625
Other Countries                    11,292      30,006      18,713
    India                           1,725       3,165       1,440
    Israel                           -490       2,244       2,734
    Thailand                       -4,878       2,950       7,828
    Other                          14,936      21,646       6,711
                                                                           
                                                                           
SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2010 (CB-11-97, BEA-11-27), Bureau of the Census, Foreign
Trade Division.  For more information, contact Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148)
or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.
