MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Country 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 681.9 652.9 587.0 542.4 518.7 503.8 506.8 502.0 490.6 486.9 492.6 477.6 458.9 Japan 577.1 582.0 569.8 582.6 590.0 580.4 575.3 588.8 597.4 583.3 585.6 579.9 589.6 United Kingdom 2/ 360.0 357.2 336.9 306.5 290.1 279.1 271.2 246.8 200.1 180.5 161.8 157.9 174.1 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 220.8 219.3 185.1 148.7 133.4 122.2 104.5 117.4 108.7 103.9 109.2 117.4 108.0 Oil Exporters 3/ 198.0 187.6 182.0 180.5 173.7 170.3 164.2 153.8 150.7 146.1 140.8 137.9 138.7 Brazil 129.6 134.5 141.9 146.2 148.4 151.6 151.4 149.5 149.1 146.6 141.7 129.9 121.7 Russia 78.1 80.9 69.7 74.4 74.1 65.3 63.7 60.2 42.4 38.4 35.2 32.7 33.5 Luxembourg 75.0 81.4 85.3 71.0 70.4 83.2 75.2 81.8 89.8 80.4 66.1 69.0 67.9 Hong Kong 66.0 65.2 60.9 61.2 60.6 61.2 61.4 63.1 60.5 57.5 54.4 51.1 51.7 Switzerland 63.0 61.2 48.9 45.1 44.9 44.3 41.9 42.4 41.2 39.4 39.2 38.9 38.1 Norway 59.1 50.5 52.2 41.3 41.8 43.3 47.1 45.3 44.5 34.0 33.6 26.2 27.6 Taiwan 43.3 39.1 36.1 39.4 41.1 39.6 38.9 42.2 40.8 38.4 38.9 38.2 37.1 Germany 43.3 42.9 40.7 40.9 40.9 40.8 44.9 43.6 42.1 41.7 42.3 41.3 38.6 Singapore 37.4 32.6 30.8 30.5 31.4 30.3 30.6 33.5 33.3 33.5 38.6 39.8 40.2 Ireland 35.2 29.0 26.8 12.8 10.8 13.9 15.6 18.3 17.6 15.4 15.6 18.7 17.5 Thailand 35.1 34.8 28.6 31.7 31.8 32.4 32.8 27.9 25.7 30.5 28.9 27.4 27.5 Mexico 34.6 33.1 33.3 33.5 35.1 41.9 39.6 37.3 38.3 36.1 35.2 34.2 31.9 Turkey 28.7 27.6 31.3 34.0 32.4 30.3 28.9 31.1 28.7 28.5 28.2 25.6 25.6 Korea 28.6 32.1 36.1 37.9 35.3 36.4 38.4 40.4 40.7 41.3 42.1 39.2 37.8 Canada 17.2 18.6 20.6 28.1 26.9 28.4 30.3 25.8 21.9 22.3 24.0 18.7 24.0 India 16.2 12.2 14.2 14.2 13.0 11.7 10.3 10.5 11.8 14.4 14.6 14.9 14.8 Egypt 15.1 15.0 13.8 12.8 13.4 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.0 11.6 10.4 10.6 Italy 14.7 14.0 10.4 11.6 9.7 10.2 11.3 10.3 11.1 11.1 12.6 14.6 15.5 Chile 14.6 14.9 12.9 12.5 13.1 11.7 11.1 10.2 9.7 8.6 9.1 8.7 8.5 Netherlands 12.9 13.0 12.9 14.2 15.0 15.0 15.6 15.5 15.0 14.0 15.8 15.2 14.2 Poland 12.6 11.4 12.1 13.7 13.9 13.3 12.4 12.5 11.6 10.2 10.3 12.9 11.1 Belgium 12.2 12.8 12.3 11.8 12.0 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.2 13.1 13.2 14.2 Sweden 11.0 11.5 11.6 12.7 12.4 12.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.6 13.4 13.7 14.1 All Other 164.3 159.5 142.1 142.6 136.0 134.8 135.8 137.8 143.8 144.2 145.0 146.0 142.3 Grand Total 3085.9 3026.7 2846.4 2734.8 2670.4 2632.4 2597.5 2586.5 2505.8 2426.1 2399.3 2351.1 2335.0 Of which: For. Official 1944.8 1904.4 1821.7 1785.5 1767.6 1751.7 1743.9 1743.3 1707.3 1682.3 1689.9 1643.2 1621.4 Treasury Bills 427.2 360.6 276.8 245.6 232.5 226.6 219.9 215.7 201.9 205.0 209.0 198.4 187.6 T-Bonds & Notes 1517.7 1543.9 1544.9 1540.0 1535.1 1525.0 1523.9 1527.6 1505.3 1477.3 1480.9 1444.8 1433.8 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board January 16, 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.