PART B:     NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED

EXHIBIT 16. EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND BALANCE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
            JANUARY 1995 TO MAY 1997 

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



    Period          Balance       Exports       Imports

1995                            
                                           
Jan.- Dec.           13,694       138,481       124,787
Jan.- May             7,776        53,755        45,979
January                 787         9,230         8,443
February              1,792        10,135         8,342
March                 2,137        12,321        10,184
April                 1,858        11,059         9,201
May                   1,201        11,011         9,809
June                  1,354        11,970        10,615

July                    242        10,627        10,385
August                  720        11,724        11,004
September               -39        11,549        11,588
October                 -62        12,200        12,262
November              1,266        12,904        11,637
December              2,436        13,751        11,316

1996                            

Jan.- Dec.           24,548       154,909       130,362
Jan.- May             9,569        62,745        53,176
January                 580        11,213        10,633
February              2,112        12,256        10,144
March                 2,599        13,983        11,385
April                 1,877        12,451        10,574
May                   2,401        12,843        10,441
June                  2,667        13,207        10,540

July                  1,168        11,817        10,649
August                2,210        12,751        10,541
September               994        12,339        11,345
October               2,356        13,946        11,590
November              2,955        13,730        10,775
December              2,628        14,374        11,746

1997                            

Jan.- May            16,384        72,249        55,865
January               1,874        12,446        10,572
February              2,742        12,914        10,173
March                 4,404        16,258        11,854
April                 3,689        15,424        11,735
May                   3,676        15,206        11,531
June                                       

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Note:  Data not available on a Balance of Payments Basis.

SOURCE: Report FT900 (CB-97-118), Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade
        Division, MAY 1997.  For more information, contact Haydn R. 
        Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Richard M. Preuss (301-457-2311), 
        Foreign Trade Division.