MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD


New 5/ Old 5/
Series Series
Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec
Country 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007
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China, Mainland 727.4 713.2 684.1 618.2 573.7 550.0 535.1 503.8 506.8 502.0 490.6 486.9 492.6 477.6
Japan 626.0 625.2 629.6 617.5 630.3 637.6 628.0 580.4 575.3 588.8 597.4 583.3 585.6 579.9
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 197.5 205.0 203.5 169.3 132.9 117.6 106.4 122.2 104.5 117.4 108.7 103.9 109.2 117.4
Oil Exporters 3/ 186.2 187.2 176.7 171.2 169.6 162.9 159.5 170.3 164.2 153.8 150.7 146.1 140.8 137.9
United Kingdom 2/ 130.9 132.4 133.2 112.8 82.5 66.1 55.0 279.1 271.2 246.8 200.1 180.5 161.8 157.9
Brazil 127.0 136.1 141.0 148.3 152.6 154.8 158.0 151.6 151.4 149.5 149.1 146.6 141.7 129.9
Russia 116.4 108.0 110.8 99.6 104.2 104.0 95.2 65.3 63.7 60.2 42.4 38.4 35.2 32.7
Luxembourg 97.4 94.4 100.8 104.7 90.4 89.7 102.6 83.2 75.2 81.8 89.8 80.4 66.1 69.0
Hong Kong 77.2 70.6 69.8 65.5 65.8 65.2 65.8 61.2 61.4 63.1 60.5 57.5 54.4 51.1
Taiwan 71.8 70.2 65.9 63.0 66.2 67.9 66.5 39.6 38.9 42.2 40.8 38.4 38.9 38.2
Switzerland 62.3 63.8 62.0 49.7 45.9 45.7 45.1 44.3 41.9 42.4 41.2 39.4 39.2 38.9
Germany 56.1 54.0 53.7 51.6 51.8 51.7 51.6 40.8 44.9 43.6 42.1 41.7 42.3 41.3
Ireland 54.3 41.3 35.1 32.9 18.9 16.9 19.9 13.9 15.6 18.3 17.6 15.4 15.6 18.7
Singapore 40.8 38.8 34.0 32.2 31.9 32.8 31.7 30.3 30.6 33.5 33.3 33.5 38.6 39.8
Mexico 34.8 33.8 32.2 32.5 32.6 34.3 41.1 41.9 39.6 37.3 38.3 36.1 35.2 34.2
Thailand 32.4 33.9 33.6 27.4 30.4 30.6 31.2 32.4 32.8 27.9 25.7 30.5 28.9 27.4
Korea 31.3 32.7 36.2 40.2 42.1 39.4 40.6 36.4 38.4 40.4 40.7 41.3 42.1 39.2
Turkey 30.8 29.0 27.9 31.5 34.3 32.7 30.5 30.3 28.9 31.1 28.7 28.5 28.2 25.6
India 29.2 22.3 18.3 20.3 20.2 19.0 17.7 11.7 10.3 10.5 11.8 14.4 14.6 14.9
Norway 23.1 20.2 11.5 13.2 2.4 2.8 4.4 43.3 47.1 45.3 44.5 34.0 33.6 26.2
Israel 18.8 13.8 12.4 8.7 7.6 8.1 9.8 5.9 5.3 6.2 6.5 7.1 7.6 5.6
Egypt 17.2 16.8 16.7 15.5 14.5 15.1 14.1 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.0 11.6 10.4
France 16.8 18.4 20.5 19.3 21.2 17.1 15.4 -- -- -- 1.5 3.9 4.3 9.8
Italy 16.0 15.9 15.3 11.6 12.9 11.0 11.4 10.2 11.3 10.3 11.1 11.1 12.6 14.6
Belgium 15.9 15.3 15.8 15.4 14.8 15.0 15.4 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.2 13.1 13.2
Netherlands 15.4 15.6 15.7 15.6 16.9 17.8 17.8 15.0 15.6 15.5 15.0 14.0 15.8 15.2
Chile 15.2 15.1 15.4 13.4 13.0 13.6 12.2 11.7 11.1 10.2 9.7 8.6 9.1 8.7
Sweden 12.7 13.1 13.5 13.6 14.7 14.4 14.4 12.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.6 13.4 13.7
Philippines 11.7 11.5 12.1 12.0 12.3 12.4 12.4 8.8 9.0 9.9 10.8 10.4 10.3 10.1
Colombia 11.1 11.5 11.3 9.9 9.0 9.3 9.2 7.6 7.6 6.5 6.7 6.9 7.1 7.3
All Other 173.1 177.7 171.7 163.3 172.7 168.4 168.0 154.1 156.5 153.6 151.9 148.4 150.1 144.6
Grand Total 3076.9 3036.6 2980.3 2800.1 2688.4 2624.0 2586.0 2632.4 2597.5 2586.5 2505.8 2426.1 2399.3 2351.1

Of which:
For. Official 2138.7 2104.1 2063.7 1981.0 1944.8 1926.9 1910.9 1751.7 1743.9 1743.3 1707.3 1682.3 1689.9 1643.2
Treasury Bills 457.9 427.2 360.6 276.8 245.6 232.5 226.6 226.6 219.9 215.7 201.9 205.0 209.0 198.4
T-Bonds & Notes 1680.8 1676.9 1703.1 1704.2 1699.2 1694.4 1684.3 1525.0 1523.9 1527.6 1505.3 1477.3 1480.9 1444.8

Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
February 27, 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.