
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.

                                                          2013                          2012                           2011
Technology Group                             Balance    Exports   Imports   Balance   Exports   Imports   Balance    Exports   Imports

Total                                         -81,287    319,789   401,076   -91,218   305,010   396,228   -98,717    287,722   386,439

Advanced Materials                               -109      2,076     2,185        83     2,204     2,121       -56      2,176     2,232
Aerospace                                      70,210    115,232    45,023    65,728   105,086    39,359    54,349     89,200    34,850
Biotechnology                                      78     11,216    11,138    -1,515     9,943    11,458    -2,457      9,261    11,718
Electronics                                     5,860     41,809    35,948     7,340    41,214    33,875     9,329     43,367    34,039
Flexible Manufacturing                          2,364     14,506    12,143        -2    13,937    13,939      -142     14,252    14,393
Information and Communications               -131,326     92,541   223,868  -128,073    91,428   219,501  -122,546     89,582   212,127
Life Science                                  -11,280     32,209    43,489   -12,717    31,570    44,287   -16,532     29,300    45,832
Nuclear Technology                             -1,766      1,674     3,440    -2,414     1,857     4,271    -2,203      1,998     4,201
Opto-Electronics                              -17,809      5,109    22,918   -21,191     5,201    26,393   -20,073      6,036    26,109
Weapons                                         2,491      3,416       924     1,544     2,568     1,024     1,613      2,549       937

Selected Countries and Areas

Total                                         -81,287    319,789   401,076   -91,218   305,010   396,228   -98,717    287,722   386,439

North America                                   3,371     65,490    62,120    -1,143    62,575    63,718     1,286     62,606    61,320
    Canada                                     15,599     29,893    14,294    15,233    29,324    14,091    17,120     30,651    13,532
    Mexico                                    -12,228     35,598    47,826   -16,375    33,251    49,626   -15,834     31,955    47,788
European Union                                 -4,971     69,405    74,376    -7,174    66,938    74,112    -8,241     67,285    75,527
    France                                     -1,316     11,460    12,776      -218    11,258    11,476      -743     10,462    11,206
    Germany                                    -2,020     12,901    14,920      -384    13,185    13,569       869     13,557    12,688
    Ireland                                   -16,779      1,681    18,459   -16,497     2,415    18,913   -19,216      2,485    21,701
    Italy                                          -2      4,150     4,152      -776     3,169     3,945      -549      2,813     3,362
    United Kingdom                              4,866     13,628     8,762     2,648    13,583    10,935     3,890     14,004    10,113
    Other                                      10,280     25,586    15,306     8,053    23,327    15,274     7,508     23,964    16,456
Pacific Rim Countries                        -120,222    108,162   228,384  -123,485   101,292   224,777  -124,211     95,813   220,024
    Australia                                   3,630      4,854     1,224     4,131     5,270     1,139     3,909      5,096     1,187
    China                                    -116,882     29,051   145,932  -119,082    22,131   141,213  -109,312     20,186   129,498
    Indonesia                                   1,545      2,350       805       711     1,745     1,033       143      1,474     1,331
    Japan                                      -5,725     17,657    23,381    -5,640    19,442    25,082    -9,859     15,758    25,618
    Malaysia                                   -8,817      7,186    16,003    -7,477     7,065    14,542    -6,053      8,050    14,104
    Philippines                                    48      3,401     3,354       -96     3,442     3,538       253      3,369     3,116
    Newly Industrialized Countries (NICs)       4,782     42,282    37,500     3,197    41,251    38,054    -4,616     40,374    44,989
        Hong Kong                              11,053     11,558       505     9,529    10,237       708     9,365      9,987       621
        Korea                                  -4,380     11,562    15,942    -1,095    12,861    13,956    -6,218     11,326    17,544
        Singapore                               2,930      9,510     6,580     1,291     9,541     8,249     2,113     10,233     8,120
        Taiwan                                 -4,822      9,651    14,472    -6,528     8,612    15,141    -9,876      8,828    18,704
    Other                                       1,197      1,382       185       770       947       177     1,323      1,505       181
South/Central America                          19,152     29,980    10,828    21,417    31,662    10,245    19,030     27,796     8,766
    Brazil                                      9,972     11,598     1,625    11,503    12,533     1,030    10,609     11,665     1,056
    Other                                       9,180     18,382     9,202     9,914    19,129     9,215     8,421     16,131     7,710
Other Countries                                21,383     46,751    25,368    19,167    42,543    23,376    13,419     34,221    20,802
    India                                       3,217      4,854     1,638     1,735     3,257     1,522     1,269      2,814     1,544
    Israel                                        -54      3,023     3,077       450     3,481     3,032        -9      2,789     2,799
    Thailand                                   -6,157      3,822     9,978    -6,265     3,178     9,443    -5,057      2,881     7,938
    Other                                      24,377     35,052    10,675    23,247    32,627     9,380    17,216     25,737     8,521


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 or www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm.
* For monthly detail, see www.census.gov/foreign-trade/

SOURCE: Report U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual
Report for 2013 (CB-14-100, BEA-14-24), 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.
