                                                                           
Exhibit 15a. Exports, Imports and Balance of Advanced Technology
Products by Technology Group and Selected Countries and Areas: 2011

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

                                January - December
Technology Group                Balance     Exports     Imports

Total                             -99,611     286,823     386,434

Advanced Materials                    -62       2,170       2,232

Aerospace                          54,139      89,002      34,863
Biotechnology                      -2,778       8,940      11,718
Electronics                         9,245      43,285      34,040
Flexible Manufacturing               -180      14,213      14,393
Information and Communications   -122,650      89,460     212,111
Life Science                      -16,634      29,198      45,832
Nuclear Technology                 -2,206       1,995       4,201
Opto-Electronics                  -20,090       6,018      26,108
Weapons                             1,606       2,542         937
Total                             -99,611     286,823     386,434

North America                       1,230      62,575      61,345

    Canada                         17,086      30,650      13,564
    Mexico                        -15,856      31,925      47,782
European Union                     -8,576      66,924      75,500
    France                           -769      10,433      11,202
    Germany                           661      13,349      12,688
    Ireland                       -19,223       2,479      21,701
    Italy                            -552       2,810       3,362
    United Kingdom                  3,864      13,966      10,102
    Other EU                        7,443      23,889      16,446
Pacific Rim Countries            -124,420      95,595     220,015
    Australia                       3,898       5,085       1,187
    China                        -109,353      20,139     129,493
    Indonesia                         143       1,474       1,331
    Japan                          -9,906      15,711      25,617
    Malaysia                       -6,063       8,040      14,104
    Philippines                       237       3,353       3,116
    Newly Industrialized Countri   -4,695      40,292      44,987
        Hong Kong                   9,344       9,965         621
        Korea                      -6,237      11,307      17,544
        Singapore                   2,093      10,211       8,118
        Taiwan                     -9,895       8,809      18,704
    Other Pacific Rim               1,318       1,499         181
South/Central America              18,973      27,740       8,767
    Brazil                         10,581      11,637       1,056
    Other S/C America               8,392      16,103       7,712
Other Countries                    13,182      33,989      20,807
    India                           1,260       2,804       1,544
    Israel                            -16       2,782       2,798
    Thailand                       -5,070       2,867       7,936
    Other                          17,008      25,537       8,529

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.
