MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD
Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec
Country 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008
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Japan 768.8 757.3 745.9 751.0 730.6 723.9 711.2 677.2 685.9 686.7 661.9 634.8 626.0
China, Mainland 755.4 789.6 798.9 798.9 797.1 800.5 776.4 801.5 763.5 767.9 744.2 739.6 727.4
United Kingdom 2/ 302.5 277.6 230.1 248.8 226.4 219.4 213.4 163.7 152.7 128.1 129.0 123.9 130.9
Oil Exporters 3/ 186.8 187.7 188.4 185.3 189.2 189.3 191.2 192.9 189.6 192.0 181.8 186.6 186.2
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 184.7 179.8 170.6 173.0 181.3 194.5 191.0 195.2 205.1 214.0 189.5 176.9 197.5
Brazil 160.6 157.1 156.2 144.9 137.3 138.1 139.8 127.1 126.0 126.6 130.8 133.5 127.0
Hong Kong 152.9 146.2 142.0 132.2 124.7 115.3 99.8 93.2 80.9 78.9 76.3 71.7 77.2
Russia 118.5 128.1 122.5 121.8 121.6 118.0 119.9 124.5 137.0 138.4 130.1 119.6 116.4
Luxembourg 99.9 91.7 91.0 99.0 94.4 92.2 104.3 96.2 97.4 106.0 92.1 87.0 97.3
Taiwan 79.6 78.4 78.7 78.1 75.9 77.4 77.0 75.7 78.3 74.8 72.6 73.3 71.8
Switzerland 76.0 75.8 71.5 68.9 68.2 68.1 71.5 63.7 64.2 67.7 68.2 62.1 62.3
Germany 52.7 53.6 52.9 53.7 55.0 56.1 53.8 55.1 54.4 54.9 56.5 56.2 56.0
Canada 48.3 46.2 40.3 37.7 25.7 19.6 18.4 11.0 12.5 11.3 10.3 8.4 7.8
Ireland 39.3 38.8 38.3 32.7 36.6 38.7 46.3 50.6 49.7 54.7 54.5 50.0 54.3
Korea, South 39.2 39.1 42.2 38.8 38.7 37.6 36.3 37.4 35.4 33.1 33.3 31.3 31.3
Singapore 38.1 36.4 35.2 38.3 42.0 42.3 40.8 39.6 39.7 39.1 39.3 38.3 40.8
France 37.5 47.5 36.2 32.0 35.0 24.6 26.0 25.9 30.6 27.1 16.8 17.9 16.8
Thailand 35.4 31.7 30.1 30.1 33.5 31.4 29.7 26.8 28.5 26.0 39.7 37.2 32.4
Mexico 31.1 26.2 20.7 22.1 27.5 27.7 29.5 31.5 35.3 36.2 37.8 34.8 34.8
Norway 29.7 26.2 24.9 25.2 24.7 28.9 28.7 28.3 27.5 26.2 21.1 21.9 23.1
India 29.6 31.6 32.9 35.9 38.5 38.9 39.3 38.8 38.5 38.2 34.6 32.5 29.2
Turkey 28.3 29.6 30.4 28.2 28.7 27.3 27.5 28.8 27.2 30.2 32.4 31.3 30.8
Egypt 24.8 25.3 20.2 20.8 20.4 18.6 17.3 18.6 18.5 18.5 19.1 16.9 17.2
Netherlands 19.8 20.3 19.8 21.3 21.4 21.5 18.9 16.4 16.5 17.6 16.1 16.8 15.4
Sweden 19.1 19.4 19.2 18.3 16.7 16.5 16.4 13.0 12.7 12.5 12.6 12.4 12.7
Italy 18.7 19.1 19.1 17.6 16.9 17.3 16.7 16.7 16.1 16.6 16.4 15.6 16.0
Colombia 15.8 15.6 16.8 16.8 16.4 14.9 11.8 12.0 11.5 11.3 11.5 11.4 11.1
Israel 15.3 16.6 16.0 18.3 17.7 17.0 18.1 19.0 19.1 19.4 17.4 16.9 18.8
Belgium 15.2 15.3 14.7 15.0 15.6 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.8 15.4 14.5 15.5 15.9
Australia 14.1 11.5 10.5 10.1 10.2 9.8 9.9 9.0 8.4 5.8 8.1 7.8 9.3
Chile 12.5 12.2 12.5 12.9 13.0 13.5 14.3 14.7 15.1 15.5 15.2 15.2 15.2
Philippines 12.2 12.2 11.9 11.8 12.4 11.4 11.6 11.8 12.0 12.4 12.6 11.6 11.7
Malaysia 11.0 11.1 11.0 11.0 11.2 11.9 11.7 12.3 11.6 10.6 8.4 8.0 8.4
All Other 140.7 142.3 146.4 146.7 148.5 149.7 147.5 148.6 145.0 150.7 156.7 154.5 147.0
Grand Total 3614.0 3597.1 3498.1 3497.4 3453.1 3427.5 3382.1 3292.6 3262.1 3264.6 3161.5 3071.5 3075.9
Of which:
For. Official 2374.2 2404.6 2384.8 2369.4 2360.0 2346.1 2295.7 2287.5 2253.6 2248.6 2198.1 2165.8 2138.7
Treasury Bills 534.3 586.6 598.0 597.7 607.3 606.6 571.9 586.2 530.6 542.7 521.2 486.9 457.9
T-Bonds & Notes 1839.9 1818.0 1786.8 1771.7 1752.7 1739.5 1723.8 1701.3 1723.1 1705.9 1676.9 1678.9 1680.8
Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
February 16, 2010
1/ Estimated foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury marketable and non-marketable bills, bonds, and notes
reported under the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system are based on annual
Surveys of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities and on monthly data.
2/ United Kingdom includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
3/ Oil exporters include Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
4/ Caribbean Banking Centers include Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles and Panama.
Beginning with new series for June 2006, also includes British Virgin Islands.