MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD
New 5/ Old 5/
Series Series
Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr
Country 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
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China, Mainland 763.5 767.9 744.2 739.6 727.4 713.2 684.1 618.2 573.7 550.0 535.1 503.8 506.8 502.0
Japan 685.9 686.7 661.9 634.8 626.0 625.2 629.6 617.5 630.3 637.6 628.0 580.4 575.3 588.8
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 204.7 213.6 189.1 176.6 197.5 205.0 203.5 169.3 132.9 117.6 106.6 122.4 104.5 117.4
Oil Exporters 3/ 189.5 192.0 181.7 186.6 186.2 187.2 176.7 171.2 169.6 162.9 159.5 170.3 164.2 153.8
United Kingdom 2/ 152.8 128.2 129.1 123.9 130.9 132.4 133.2 112.8 82.5 66.1 55.0 279.1 271.2 246.8
Russia 137.0 138.4 130.1 119.6 116.4 108.0 110.8 99.6 104.2 104.0 95.2 65.3 63.7 60.2
Brazil 126.0 126.6 130.8 133.5 127.0 136.1 141.0 148.3 152.6 154.8 158.0 151.6 151.4 149.5
Luxembourg 97.5 106.1 92.3 87.2 97.4 94.4 100.8 104.7 90.4 89.7 102.6 83.2 75.2 81.8
Hong Kong 80.9 78.9 76.3 71.7 77.2 70.6 69.8 65.5 65.8 65.2 65.8 61.2 61.4 63.1
Taiwan 78.3 74.8 72.6 73.3 71.8 70.2 65.9 63.0 66.2 67.9 66.5 39.6 38.9 42.2
Switzerland 64.2 67.7 68.2 62.1 62.3 63.8 62.0 49.7 45.9 45.7 45.1 44.3 41.9 42.4
Germany 54.6 55.0 56.6 56.4 56.1 54.0 53.7 51.6 51.8 51.7 51.6 40.8 44.9 43.6
Ireland 49.7 54.7 54.5 50.0 54.3 41.3 35.1 32.9 18.9 16.9 19.9 13.9 15.6 18.3
Singapore 39.7 39.1 39.4 38.3 40.8 38.8 34.0 32.2 31.9 32.8 31.7 30.3 30.6 33.5
India 38.5 38.2 34.6 32.5 29.2 22.3 18.3 20.3 20.2 19.0 17.7 11.7 10.3 10.5
Korea 35.4 33.1 33.3 31.3 31.3 32.7 36.2 40.2 42.1 39.4 40.6 36.4 38.4 40.4
Mexico 35.4 36.3 37.9 34.9 34.8 33.8 32.2 32.5 32.6 34.3 41.1 41.9 39.6 37.3
France 30.6 27.1 16.8 17.9 16.8 18.4 20.5 19.3 21.2 17.1 15.4 -- -- --
Thailand 28.5 26.0 39.7 37.2 32.4 33.9 33.6 27.4 30.4 30.6 31.2 32.4 32.8 27.9
Norway 27.5 26.2 21.1 21.9 23.1 20.2 11.5 13.2 2.4 2.8 4.4 43.3 47.1 45.3
Turkey 27.2 30.2 32.4 31.3 30.8 29.0 27.9 31.5 34.3 32.7 30.5 30.3 28.9 31.1
Israel 19.1 19.4 17.4 16.9 18.8 13.8 12.4 8.7 7.6 8.1 9.8 5.9 5.3 6.2
Egypt 18.5 18.5 19.1 16.9 17.2 16.8 16.7 15.5 14.5 15.1 14.1 12.3 12.8 12.7
Netherlands 16.5 17.6 16.1 16.8 15.4 15.6 15.7 15.6 16.9 17.8 17.8 15.0 15.6 15.5
Italy 16.2 16.6 16.5 15.6 16.0 15.9 15.3 11.6 12.9 11.0 11.4 10.2 11.3 10.3
Belgium 15.8 15.4 14.5 15.5 15.9 15.3 15.8 15.4 14.8 15.0 15.4 12.4 12.4 12.5
Chile 15.1 15.5 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.1 15.4 13.4 13.0 13.6 12.2 11.7 11.1 10.2
Canada 13.1 11.9 10.9 9.0 8.2 12.7 14.0 16.0 23.5 22.3 23.8 28.4 30.3 25.8
Sweden 12.7 12.5 12.7 12.4 12.7 13.1 13.5 13.6 14.7 14.4 14.4 12.4 13.2 13.1
Philippines 12.0 12.4 12.6 11.6 11.7 11.5 12.1 12.0 12.3 12.4 12.4 8.8 9.0 9.9
Malaysia 11.6 10.6 8.4 8.0 8.4 8.8 8.6 9.4 10.1 10.5 10.4 8.3 8.5 8.7
Colombia 11.4 11.2 11.4 11.3 11.1 11.5 11.3 9.9 9.0 9.3 9.2 7.6 7.6 6.5
All Other 153.5 156.7 164.9 162.5 156.5 156.2 149.1 137.8 139.2 135.6 134.7 118.3 117.7 119.1
Grand Total 3262.6 3265.2 3162.0 3072.2 3076.9 3036.6 2980.3 2800.1 2688.4 2624.0 2587.2 2633.5 2597.5 2586.5
Of which:
For. Official 2253.6 2248.6 2198.1 2165.8 2138.7 2104.1 2063.7 1981.0 1944.8 1926.9 1910.9 1751.7 1743.9 1743.3
Treasury Bills 530.6 542.7 521.2 486.9 457.9 427.2 360.6 276.8 245.6 232.5 226.6 226.6 219.9 215.7
T-Bonds & Notes 1723.1 1705.9 1676.9 1678.9 1680.8 1676.9 1703.1 1704.2 1699.2 1694.4 1684.3 1525.0 1523.9 1527.6
Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
June 15, 2009
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.
5/ New series reflect new benchmark survey taken in this month. Estimated positions based on the
previous survey are shown for comparison.