                                                                           
Part B: NOT Seasonally Adjusted
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.

                                              2012                                2011                                2010
Technology Group                Balance     Exports     Imports     Balance     Exports     Imports     Balance     Exports     Imports

Total                             -90,962     305,154     396,116     -99,651     286,830     386,480     -80,942     273,311     354,253

Advanced Materials                     83       2,203       2,120         -60       2,172       2,232         174       2,170       1,996

Aerospace                          65,745     105,100      39,355      54,110      89,007      34,897      51,935      81,064      29,129
Biotechnology                      -1,462       9,945      11,407      -2,759       8,959      11,718       4,100      11,709       7,610
Electronics                         7,338      41,209      33,871       9,243      43,283      34,040      18,356      46,062      27,706
Flexible Manufacturing                 21      13,956      13,935        -177      14,217      14,393       6,522      15,823       9,301
Information and Communications   -127,881      91,574     219,455    -122,686      89,433     212,119    -127,298      77,740     205,038
Life Science                      -12,748      31,537      44,285     -16,630      29,204      45,834     -13,998      27,838      41,836
Nuclear Technology                 -2,414       1,857       4,271      -2,206       1,995       4,201      -2,611       2,077       4,688
Opto-Electronics                  -21,190       5,201      26,392     -20,090       6,018      26,109     -19,731       6,203      25,934
Weapons                             1,546       2,570       1,024       1,604       2,541         937       1,609       2,626       1,016

Selected Countries and Areas

Total                             -90,962     305,154     396,116     -99,651     286,830     386,480     -80,942     273,311     354,253

North America                      -1,106      62,573      63,679       1,214      62,572      61,358      -6,304      55,292      61,597

    Canada                         15,269      29,321      14,052      17,075      30,651      13,577      15,185      28,048      12,864
    Mexico                        -16,375      33,252      49,627     -15,861      31,921      47,782     -21,489      27,244      48,733
European Union                     -7,225      66,886      74,112      -8,584      66,938      75,522         538      66,136      65,598
    France                           -346      11,235      11,581        -774      10,432      11,206         180      10,614      10,434
    Germany                          -385      13,184      13,569         657      13,346      12,689       6,491      16,590      10,100
    Ireland                       -16,446       2,415      18,861     -19,221       2,480      21,701     -14,708       2,798      17,506
    Italy                            -755       3,167       3,922        -555       2,806       3,362        -251       2,724       2,975
    United Kingdom                  2,662      13,582      10,920       3,863      13,979      10,117       2,535      12,066       9,532
    Other EU                        8,045      23,302      15,257       7,447      23,895      16,448       6,293      21,344      15,051
Pacific Rim Countries            -123,366     101,330     224,696    -124,429      95,593     220,022    -104,223      96,671     200,894
    Australia                       4,146       5,269       1,123       3,898       5,085       1,187       3,289       4,159         870
    China                        -119,045      22,131     141,176    -109,353      20,143     129,496     -94,202      21,429     115,631
    Indonesia                         711       1,743       1,032         143       1,474       1,331         544       1,991       1,448
    Japan                          -5,627      19,441      25,069      -9,909      15,709      25,618      -7,762      15,552      23,314
    Malaysia                       -7,452       7,087      14,539      -6,066       8,038      14,104      -6,791       8,458      15,248
    Philippines                       -96       3,442       3,538         238       3,354       3,116         644       3,554       2,910
    Newly Industrialized Countri    3,228      41,270      38,043      -4,699      40,291      44,989        -758      40,522      41,280
        Hong Kong                   9,528      10,236         708       9,343       9,964         621       7,333       8,100         767
        Korea                      -1,071      12,879      13,950      -6,238      11,306      17,544      -6,399      11,035      17,434
        Singapore                   1,296       9,543       8,247       2,092      10,212       8,120       3,197      10,895       7,698
        Taiwan                     -6,526       8,612      15,138      -9,896       8,808      18,704      -4,890      10,491      15,381
    Other Pacific Rim                 770         946         176       1,318       1,499         181         813       1,006         194
South/Central America              21,421      31,665      10,244      18,981      27,748       8,767      17,817      25,268       7,451
    Brazil                         11,505      12,535       1,030      10,581      11,637       1,056      10,174      11,000         826
    Other S/C America               9,916      19,130       9,214       8,399      16,111       7,712       7,643      14,268       6,625
Other Countries                    19,315      42,699      23,385      13,168      33,979      20,811      11,230      29,944      18,714
    India                           1,734       3,256       1,522       1,261       2,806       1,544       1,725       3,165       1,440
    Israel                            452       3,482       3,030         -17       2,782       2,799        -490       2,245       2,735
    Thailand                       -6,265       3,177       9,443      -5,070       2,867       7,938      -4,878       2,950       7,828
    Other                          23,394      32,785       9,390      16,993      25,523       8,530      14,873      21,584       6,711
                                                                           
* 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 2012 (CB-13-98, BEA-13-24), 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.
