                                                                           

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.

                                May                                 June
Technology Group                Balance     Exports     Imports     Balance     Exports     Imports

Total                              -8,031      23,375      31,406      -8,768      24,700      33,468

Advanced Materials                     15         181         167         -12         184         196

Aerospace                           4,495       7,266       2,770       5,081       7,794       2,713
Biotechnology                        -157         722         878         -94         919       1,013
Electronics                           785       3,605       2,820         697       3,656       2,959
Flexible Manufacturing                147       1,280       1,133         209       1,335       1,126
Information and Communications    -10,772       6,917      17,689     -11,306       7,556      18,862
Life Science                       -1,267       2,315       3,581      -1,586       2,464       4,050
Nuclear Technology                    -85         209         295        -265         152         418
Opto-Electronics                   -1,447         555       2,002      -1,553         495       2,048
Weapons                               254         326          72          63         145          82
Total                              -8,031      23,375      31,406      -8,768      24,700      33,468

North America                        -144       4,883       5,027         124       5,230       5,107

    Canada                          1,379       2,368         988       1,379       2,488       1,108
    Mexico                         -1,524       2,515       4,039      -1,256       2,743       3,998
European Union                       -634       5,437       6,071        -508       5,893       6,401
    France                            -85         992       1,077          26         860         834
    Germany                           104       1,085         981         339       1,307         968
    Ireland                        -1,410          88       1,498      -1,931         117       2,048
    Italy                             -60         244         305         -13         257         270
    United Kingdom                    239       1,123         884         148       1,152       1,004
    Other EU                          579       1,905       1,326         922       2,200       1,278
Pacific Rim Countries              -9,990       7,987      17,977     -10,946       8,415      19,361
    Australia                         316         420         104         317         433         115
    China                          -8,536       1,764      10,301      -9,564       1,764      11,328
    Indonesia                         -19          71          89          43         147         105
    Japan                            -635       1,178       1,813        -927       1,334       2,261
    Malaysia                         -438         676       1,114        -443         748       1,190
    Philippines                        26         310         284          13         281         268
    Newly Industrialized Countri     -776       3,483       4,259        -514       3,563       4,078
        Hong Kong                     713         781          68         854         902          48
        Korea                        -715       1,085       1,800        -505       1,071       1,576
        Singapore                     170         844         674         210         870         660
        Taiwan                       -943         773       1,716      -1,074         719       1,793
    Other Pacific Rim                  71          85          14         129         144          15
South/Central America               1,543       2,230         687       1,529       2,341         812
    Brazil                            888         982          94         976       1,070          94
    Other S/C America                 655       1,248         593         552       1,270         718
Other Countries                     1,195       2,838       1,644       1,034       2,822       1,787
    India                              95         220         125          75         191         116
    Israel                             35         230         195         -37         191         227
    Thailand                         -454         245         699        -386         321         707
    Other                           1,519       2,144         625       1,382       2,119         736
                                                                         

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                                July                                August
Technology Group                Balance     Exports     Imports     Balance     Exports     Imports

Total                              -8,941      23,561      32,502      -9,191      23,822      33,014

Advanced Materials                    -35         203         238         -16         204         221

Aerospace                           4,312       7,203       2,891       5,149       7,758       2,609
Biotechnology                        -497         643       1,140        -490         696       1,186
Electronics                           857       3,655       2,798         813       3,711       2,898
Flexible Manufacturing               -151       1,054       1,206        -169       1,108       1,278
Information and Communications    -10,759       7,450      18,208     -10,636       7,394      18,030
Life Science                       -1,342       2,339       3,681      -1,990       2,225       4,215
Nuclear Technology                     -5         239         244        -151         141         292
Opto-Electronics                   -1,489         534       2,023      -1,683         492       2,175
Weapons                               168         240          72         -17          91         109
Total                              -8,941      23,561      32,502      -9,191      23,822      33,014

North America                          24       5,087       5,063         168       5,456       5,288

    Canada                          1,175       2,394       1,219       1,551       2,595       1,044
    Mexico                         -1,151       2,693       3,844      -1,383       2,861       4,244
European Union                     -1,009       5,038       6,047      -1,429       5,020       6,449
    France                            -86         785         872         133         876         744
    Germany                           111         992         882          12       1,113       1,101
    Ireland                        -1,710         127       1,837      -1,808         141       1,949
    Italy                             -32         273         304        -153         164         317
    United Kingdom                    168       1,032         864          11       1,013       1,001
    Other EU                          540       1,828       1,288         376       1,713       1,337
Pacific Rim Countries             -10,450       8,251      18,701     -10,632       8,046      18,678
    Australia                         331         456         125         197         328         132
    China                          -8,942       2,057      10,999      -9,055       1,931      10,985
    Indonesia                          12         117         106         -50          70         120
    Japan                            -966       1,222       2,189      -1,105       1,237       2,342
    Malaysia                         -485         641       1,126        -579         635       1,214
    Philippines                        13         280         267          -3         260         263
    Newly Industrialized Countri     -510       3,363       3,872        -122       3,488       3,610
        Hong Kong                     714         754          40         969       1,006          38
        Korea                        -384         989       1,372        -184         994       1,179
        Singapore                     215         896         681           9         820         811
        Taiwan                     -1,055         724       1,779        -915         667       1,582
    Other Pacific Rim                  97         114          17          85          97          12
South/Central America               1,682       2,418         737       1,647       2,404         757
    Brazil                            933         997          63         966       1,033          68
    Other S/C America                 749       1,422         673         682       1,371         689
Other Countries                       812       2,767       1,955       1,055       2,896       1,841
    India                              87         214         126          45         182         137
    Israel                            -25         250         275         -13         230         244
    Thailand                         -461         273         733        -461         293         754
    Other                           1,210       2,031         821       1,484       2,190         706

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 BOP 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.
                                                                         
SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2011 (CB-12-103, BEA-12-24), 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.
