MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Country 2012 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2011* 2011 2011 2011* 2011 2011 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1149.6 1147.0 1164.0 1164.4 1144.0 1155.2 1166.2 1151.9 1254.5 1256.0 1270.2 1278.5 1314.9 Japan 1117.1 1110.1 1108.9 1089.8 1082.5 1090.6 1082.8 1058.0 1066.0 1006.1 983.9 907.0 885.2 Oil Exporters 3/ 262.3 268.2 258.4 259.9 260.0 267.6 267.5 261.1 254.2 248.4 252.1 245.8 244.0 Brazil 253.0 244.3 245.8 245.9 238.1 228.4 228.2 226.9 226.6 229.4 226.4 219.2 219.1 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 246.2 244.2 243.0 237.3 234.3 231.7 223.5 226.2 222.2 212.1 209.7 210.4 177.9 Taiwan 196.1 196.4 190.0 187.3 190.1 183.7 178.4 177.3 166.9 167.4 166.6 143.5 147.6 Switzerland 190.1 171.8 154.9 150.1 150.5 145.3 146.4 142.3 126.1 143.9 158.2 157.6 118.5 Russia 154.3 163.8 156.3 155.4 151.1 144.8 145.7 149.5 145.1 147.5 149.9 138.1 141.7 Belgium 144.2 144.5 132.0 132.3 141.6 125.1 131.4 135.2 133.2 132.4 132.1 87.1 86.6 United Kingdom 2/ 140.9 137.8 136.2 135.8 125.3 118.0 115.5 113.7 124.7 106.5 116.9 181.2 141.0 Hong Kong 136.7 136.0 143.8 145.0 140.3 141.8 134.3 121.7 107.9 113.3 111.6 102.0 105.9 Luxembourg 128.3 138.3 130.9 130.0 140.0 140.9 140.0 147.6 127.1 126.5 127.9 114.7 114.1 Singapore 92.7 86.9 83.1 82.5 84.7 84.6 74.8 75.1 70.0 70.7 70.5 61.0 65.7 Ireland 88.2 91.3 93.9 95.1 94.2 96.0 86.1 97.6 69.6 66.2 62.4 51.4 52.2 Norway 69.9 68.6 67.9 64.8 61.0 59.4 57.3 56.7 40.3 37.0 39.6 28.1 23.7 France 64.8 49.1 50.6 49.8 45.9 39.7 42.5 44.7 59.4 53.7 43.4 60.9 45.6 Germany 62.8 64.0 65.0 62.7 64.6 60.7 60.9 60.7 67.8 68.0 66.0 62.1 63.0 Canada 55.6 52.8 55.8 63.8 54.2 53.9 48.0 45.1 48.7 46.4 45.1 46.6 46.8 India 53.9 53.8 50.0 49.3 46.7 44.1 42.8 43.5 38.4 40.1 41.2 40.1 40.3 Mexico 53.5 51.6 45.8 40.8 35.8 31.7 30.1 29.3 31.6 31.0 31.3 29.9 31.1 Thailand 53.0 53.1 53.5 52.2 54.7 54.3 54.5 51.6 56.0 49.9 49.0 47.6 58.4 Korea, South 44.3 44.5 46.3 43.9 42.7 50.8 49.9 47.3 42.1 42.7 38.5 36.3 33.4 Philippines 36.7 35.4 36.5 36.8 37.1 37.1 35.7 32.7 31.7 32.2 32.2 30.0 30.0 Turkey 30.0 29.1 27.1 28.1 30.4 30.1 27.4 32.0 40.2 40.5 40.7 40.1 42.8 Chile 29.7 26.7 26.4 24.5 21.9 22.5 22.3 23.0 24.9 24.7 22.2 22.0 19.6 Poland 29.4 29.9 28.4 28.4 27.5 27.3 28.7 28.5 27.9 28.6 29.6 31.2 31.9 Sweden 28.2 27.8 27.4 27.6 27.6 28.5 29.2 28.9 30.4 30.8 30.9 28.4 28.4 Colombia 28.0 27.1 26.5 26.9 26.7 25.1 25.2 23.5 20.0 21.8 21.4 19.8 18.8 Italy 27.8 27.5 27.1 26.5 24.1 23.3 22.7 22.8 21.2 21.5 21.7 20.7 21.3 Israel 25.5 24.5 24.8 23.7 22.8 23.0 22.7 19.3 19.3 19.3 20.2 22.0 20.9 Australia 25.0 25.3 29.7 25.8 22.6 23.5 22.1 21.7 24.0 24.6 23.2 18.9 20.4 Netherlands 24.6 25.9 25.8 24.4 23.1 24.6 24.8 21.3 23.7 24.0 24.9 23.1 23.6 Spain 24.0 26.5 21.7 21.2 21.1 21.3 23.7 24.0 16.3 14.1 13.1 13.3 14.4 Malaysia 20.0 20.3 20.3 20.1 20.5 20.9 20.6 20.6 18.5 17.7 17.0 15.4 15.3 Denmark 14.6 15.3 15.1 14.6 15.4 15.4 15.9 16.5 13.6 13.6 13.9 12.0 10.8 Peru 11.8 11.7 11.4 10.5 10.1 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.0 8.0 9.6 South Africa 11.5 13.2 12.6 12.3 12.2 12.9 12.9 12.1 11.3 11.5 10.9 11.0 10.1 All Other 224.1 226.7 227.3 225.0 222.0 217.0 213.9 205.7 195.1 189.6 185.8 198.4 193.9 Grand Total 5348.5 5311.0 5263.9 5214.6 5147.5 5110.0 5063.6 5004.2 5005.2 4918.3 4908.3 4763.5 4668.3 Of which: For. Official 3875.6 3852.9 3826.3 3779.0 3717.4 3708.3 3684.5 3618.0 3628.9 3600.9 3619.5 3517.2 3509.9 Treasury Bills 355.0 362.2 359.8 345.7 356.0 360.7 349.6 357.6 379.0 374.6 387.3 409.2 392.3 T-Bonds & Notes 3520.6 3490.7 3466.5 3433.3 3361.4 3347.6 3334.9 3260.4 3249.9 3226.2 3232.2 3108.0 3117.6 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board September 18, 2012 * Includes holdings of Treasury bonds and notes as reported on TIC Form SLT, "Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign Residents" 1/ The data in this table are collected primarily from U.S.-based custodians and broker-dealers. Since U.S. securities held in overseas custody accounts may not be attributed to the actual owners, the data may not provide a precise accounting of individual country ownership of Treasury securities (see TIC FAQ #7 at: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticfaq1.aspx). 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.