MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD (in billions of dollars) 2007 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June 12/ May Apr Mar Feb Jan Series Series Country VIII VII Japan 581.2 590.9 601.7 591.9 595.8 620.6 622.9 612.9 615.0 614.6 611.4 616.4 627.2 China, Mainland 477.6 458.9 459.1 467.7 471.2 480.0 477.3 405.2 407.5 414.2 420.0 416.0 401.0 United Kingdom 2/ 158.1 174.3 155.0 120.3 99.8 67.3 50.0 192.2 169.5 135.4 147.9 121.6 104.0 Oil Exporters 3/ 137.9 138.7 141.6 137.1 134.7 134.7 133.2 122.1 121.1 112.0 112.5 110.5 111.7 Brazil 129.9 121.7 113.9 110.5 107.7 105.8 94.8 93.7 81.6 79.7 69.7 60.7 53.7 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 116.4 107.4 105.6 99.1 103.8 70.7 78.2 42.8 47.2 75.6 79.9 65.6 68.0 Luxembourg 69.7 68.3 63.3 58.4 57.1 57.6 55.9 62.6 62.2 61.8 61.8 59.8 59.4 Hong Kong 51.2 51.7 51.3 52.6 53.2 55.9 57.3 60.5 58.6 56.3 58.5 57.3 54.6 Germany 41.7 39.1 41.8 41.8 42.3 41.7 45.9 48.3 51.4 49.8 47.6 47.9 49.8 Singapore 39.8 40.2 38.8 36.6 37.8 36.3 36.0 33.0 34.4 32.1 28.8 31.2 29.9 Korea 39.2 37.8 37.0 39.4 42.6 44.4 43.7 50.0 52.1 54.1 57.9 56.9 62.3 Switzerland 38.9 38.1 37.8 37.0 37.4 37.2 38.3 32.2 31.9 32.3 32.9 32.7 33.7 Taiwan 38.2 37.1 40.7 39.9 39.5 44.6 44.7 57.5 57.4 59.2 58.1 57.5 59.3 Mexico 34.4 32.0 30.5 30.0 30.2 34.9 33.9 36.6 35.5 35.5 35.3 35.0 36.6 Russia 32.7 33.5 33.6 31.8 31.9 35.9 33.5 14.7 11.8 7.7 7.4 8.1 8.5 Thailand 27.4 27.5 22.8 24.7 22.9 22.5 20.6 17.8 18.7 16.8 17.8 16.8 16.6 Norway 26.2 27.6 25.5 22.9 6.4 -- 3.1 -- -- 2.1 7.3 12.5 20.7 Turkey 25.6 25.6 28.1 28.3 29.2 28.5 28.7 27.1 27.0 26.2 27.6 25.4 25.0 Canada 18.7 24.1 15.9 17.3 18.8 23.3 24.6 30.5 33.6 29.8 31.5 30.1 28.4 Ireland 18.7 17.5 17.0 16.3 16.8 15.6 15.8 12.0 12.0 8.5 11.7 12.5 12.3 Netherlands 15.2 14.2 14.8 15.1 16.6 15.7 16.5 21.2 20.0 21.3 21.4 21.5 20.1 India 14.9 14.8 14.9 10.8 12.1 14.1 14.0 12.8 15.3 20.0 20.1 19.5 15.8 Italy 14.6 15.5 14.1 13.4 13.2 13.9 14.0 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.9 13.4 13.6 Sweden 13.7 14.1 14.5 14.8 15.7 15.5 15.1 15.7 15.4 14.8 14.9 14.9 14.0 Belgium 13.2 14.2 14.6 14.6 14.6 15.4 15.2 11.9 12.1 12.9 12.3 12.9 12.3 Poland 12.9 11.1 9.8 10.6 10.5 11.1 10.4 12.9 11.8 12.2 12.2 12.7 12.5 Egypt 10.4 10.6 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.2 10.0 6.4 6.3 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.9 All Other 154.6 150.7 145.4 142.8 145.5 147.7 158.4 145.6 162.1 162.3 168.1 168.4 163.8 Grand Total 2,353.2 2,337.12,299.2 2,235.3 2,217.5 2,201.0 2,192.0 2,191.7 2,185.0 2,166.7 2,194.8 2,143.3 2,120.6 Of which: Foreign Official 1,641.1 1,619.11,613.8 1,607.7 1,595.1 1,621.0 1,612.6 1,443.1 1,448.4 1,458.4 1,466.0 1,451.5 1,448.7 Treasury Bills 196.3 185.3 180.4 178.3 180.0 176.2 160.9 160.9 172.7 178.1 195.1 182.0 181.4 Treasury Notes & Bonds 1,444.8 1,433.81,433.4 1,429.4 1,415.1 1,444.7 1,451.7 1,282.1 1,275.7 1,280.3 1,270.9 1,269.5 1,267.3 2006 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June 11/ May Apr Mar Feb Jan Series Series Country VII VI Japan 622.9 615.9 618.1 618.1 623.5 614.9 614.7 635.4 636.1 639.4 639.0 656.4 653.4 China, Mainland 396.9 393.8 392.2 389.7 386.5 378.2 372.3 328.0 324.5 321.1 319.2 318.4 313.9 Oil Exporters 3/ 110.2 106.4 107.2 113.7 116.6 112.4 110.8 101.9 103.0 99.7 98.1 96.2 89.4 United Kingdom 2/ 92.6 76.1 61.7 61.6 54.7 44.3 55.5 200.9 174.2 166.2 179.2 162.4 157.2 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 72.3 86.7 72.5 69.6 79.9 85.8 73.7 69.7 65.2 57.1 62.7 51.1 63.1 Korea 66.7 64.5 65.7 65.7 63.4 65.1 65.6 68.3 68.2 70.9 72.4 72.8 71.2 Luxembourg 60.0 60.5 59.5 58.7 58.4 59.4 58.8 37.4 38.4 37.5 36.6 36.2 35.2 Taiwan 59.4 59.5 60.8 61.3 61.9 63.0 63.4 67.1 67.5 68.9 68.9 68.9 68.7 Hong Kong 54.0 51.1 50.6 49.7 50.7 48.9 48.8 48.8 48.5 49.5 46.6 44.9 44.6 Brazil 52.1 51.0 46.4 44.9 43.1 31.7 33.3 33.4 32.9 30.8 31.4 33.3 30.1 Germany 46.0 45.6 46.1 46.3 44.7 43.2 41.8 49.0 47.5 47.0 46.7 47.9 48.0 Mexico 34.9 38.6 40.5 40.4 40.3 46.2 46.2 45.7 43.4 42.0 40.2 37.6 36.5 Switzerland 34.3 35.6 36.9 37.0 38.1 38.2 37.8 30.6 30.5 31.1 30.9 31.2 30.4 Norway 31.6 35.7 29.6 16.2 14.4 10.5 3.1 -- -- -- -- 7.4 5.9 Singapore 31.3 30.9 31.1 34.0 34.7 35.0 35.2 34.9 35.9 36.8 33.2 33.6 32.9 Canada 26.9 27.2 28.9 28.8 28.3 21.6 21.5 38.6 38.6 34.9 33.0 32.1 29.6 France 26.4 30.4 26.7 17.6 23.6 22.3 25.9 29.2 30.7 30.1 34.7 34.9 32.0 Turkey 23.0 23.4 22.3 23.6 24.0 22.5 19.8 19.1 21.5 21.6 21.0 21.6 18.9 Netherlands 20.7 20.5 20.0 18.1 16.7 18.3 19.3 17.0 15.4 15.4 15.3 15.0 15.7 Thailand 16.9 16.1 15.7 15.9 16.1 15.4 15.5 15.8 15.5 15.6 17.5 17.9 17.0 India 14.6 13.9 12.0 11.2 13.5 14.0 13.1 12.5 12.2 12.3 11.2 10.0 10.3 Poland 13.9 13.9 14.1 12.8 13.4 12.5 11.1 11.4 13.3 12.3 12.2 12.4 11.3 Belgium 13.6 13.0 13.3 13.8 14.5 15.1 13.7 16.8 17.2 17.4 17.1 17.2 16.7 Italy 13.2 16.0 13.8 13.6 14.2 14.0 14.5 15.4 14.2 13.9 13.7 14.3 15.0 Israel 12.3 11.7 11.3 9.2 6.2 6.5 7.5 11.4 13.4 13.4 12.3 12.4 12.5 Sweden 12.0 11.9 12.0 12.9 13.5 13.5 13.3 18.2 18.1 18.0 17.9 17.1 17.4 Ireland 11.6 14.8 15.7 14.6 15.1 13.6 13.8 20.0 19.0 17.7 19.6 19.3 21.1 All Other 132.6 132.5 129.7 126.3 128.3 126.6 127.5 116.3 126.5 139.1 151.7 148.9 147.3 Grand Total 2,103.1 2,097.02,054.4 2,025.3 2,038.0 1,992.9 1,977.8 2,095.3 2,071.4 2,059.5 2,082.1 2,071.3 2,045.4 Of which: Foreign Official 1,449.0 1,452.31,443.6 1,426.0 1,429.0 1,408.5 1,397.7 1,298.5 1,311.6 1,326.3 1,331.9 1,339.3 1,319.5 Treasury Bills 176.8 186.2 178.5 179.4 190.0 186.0 184.8 184.8 194.9 197.1 215.1 215.5 209.9 Treasury Notes & Bonds 1,272.2 1,266.11,265.1 1,246.6 1,239.0 1,222.5 1,212.8 1,113.6 1,116.7 1,129.2 1,116.8 1,123.8 1,109.7 2005 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June 10/ May Apr Mar Feb Jan Series Series Country VI V Japan 670.0 667.9 667.6 672.8 670.0 669.4 667.1 681.2 686.8 688.2 681.6 680.8 679.5 China, Mainland 310.0 303.9 301.7 306.3 302.1 296.4 298.0 243.3 243.1 240.2 223.7 224.9 223.5 United Kingdom 2/ 146.0 135.5 100.3 95.8 87.2 73.2 58.8 140.8 126.4 119.0 116.0 104.1 94.2 Oil Exporters 3/ 78.2 79.3 75.4 66.1 65.2 64.1 68.5 57.2 62.8 60.8 62.5 67.7 67.1 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 77.2 81.2 75.0 68.3 67.4 65.2 70.9 66.9 87.2 112.8 121.1 86.3 76.4 Korea 69.0 68.8 63.7 64.1 62.4 62.6 63.0 59.4 58.7 55.9 57.2 53.1 53.6 Taiwan 68.1 68.3 68.9 68.9 68.4 68.8 67.8 71.3 71.0 70.7 71.5 68.7 68.4 Germany 49.9 48.6 47.3 46.4 47.9 44.8 44.1 61.2 61.2 60.9 56.1 53.0 53.8 Hong Kong 40.3 42.8 44.0 44.4 43.6 44.7 44.5 48.7 48.0 47.6 45.5 45.4 45.3 Luxembourg 35.6 36.6 36.7 37.6 38.2 36.9 38.8 43.5 45.0 45.8 42.8 43.2 41.9 Mexico 35.0 36.6 34.9 32.1 32.9 32.0 29.0 31.9 31.1 31.6 32.5 33.0 33.5 Singapore 33.0 33.4 33.9 33.9 34.2 34.1 34.4 29.9 31.3 30.9 31.3 29.6 30.1 France 30.9 31.3 30.0 28.5 28.5 26.4 23.2 19.2 28.2 22.4 25.2 27.3 21.3 Switzerland 30.8 30.7 32.6 32.0 32.9 32.3 34.9 39.5 41.6 43.1 43.7 44.1 40.6 Brazil 28.7 28.8 27.1 27.5 25.0 24.5 22.1 20.9 17.0 16.4 14.8 13.7 14.0 Canada 27.9 28.5 26.3 22.4 23.0 21.4 18.5 43.8 41.1 42.1 38.4 38.1 35.4 Ireland 19.7 23.0 22.1 19.1 18.9 23.1 22.2 15.6 19.2 14.4 18.2 18.4 15.8 Turkey 17.4 18.5 15.7 14.6 15.5 16.6 15.3 13.8 10.1 10.7 11.4 10.4 12.9 Belgium 17.0 15.6 15.4 15.7 15.8 15.6 15.4 15.9 15.8 15.7 15.3 16.7 16.8 Sweden 16.3 17.1 16.7 16.8 16.8 16.4 16.9 19.4 17.9 16.8 17.0 16.4 15.8 Thailand 16.1 16.2 16.2 14.8 15.7 15.6 16.3 12.9 13.3 11.1 12.1 13.0 13.3 Netherlands 15.7 16.9 19.1 18.2 18.7 19.6 19.1 13.3 13.7 15.5 16.6 14.9 15.1 Italy 15.4 16.5 15.1 14.2 14.9 14.4 13.1 14.4 14.5 14.8 14.7 13.9 13.1 Poland 13.7 13.4 13.2 12.9 12.1 12.2 12.4 11.4 11.8 11.9 11.4 10.6 10.2 Israel 12.5 10.8 11.9 11.8 11.4 10.5 10.9 9.5 10.3 11.5 14.6 14.3 14.9 All other 159.4 163.8 154.0 144.5 157.0 158.3 152.3 186.5 174.8 169.8 157.1 172.9 168.0 Grand Total 2,033.9 2,034.01,964.9 1,929.6 1,925.9 1,899.2 1,877.5 1,971.3 1,981.9 1,980.9 1,952.2 1,914.4 1,874.5 Of which: Foreign Official 1,305.1 1,312.31,292.3 1,281.9 1,293.0 1,287.1 1,283.8 1,236.6 1,243.8 1,237.0 1,229.6 1,243.2 1,238.0 Treasury Bills 201.9 214.9 199.8 195.4 205.4 203.2 204.9 204.9 229.0 230.1 235.8 235.2 242.3 Treasury Notes & Bonds 1,103.3 1,097.41,092.5 1,086.5 1,087.6 1,083.9 1,078.9 1,031.7 1,014.8 1,006.9 993.7 1,007.9 995.7 2004 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June 9/ May Apr Mar Feb Jan Series Series Country V IV Japan 689.9 693.1 692.3 698.9 699.4 675.4 666.6 688.4 666.4 651.8 645.3 613.2 582.6 China, Mainland 222.9 220.2 214.8 209.4 201.6 196.4 194.3 166.6 165.8 163.9 158.7 155.0 157.6 United Kingdom 2/ 95.8 84.5 66.4 62.0 61.4 57.3 53.5 119.3 113.4 113.2 98.3 94.5 91.2 Taiwan 67.9 67.1 66.6 66.5 65.5 66.8 67.0 57.5 56.8 56.3 54.4 55.3 52.6 Oil Exporters 3/ 62.1 63.0 62.0 57.3 51.5 56.8 53.8 51.9 46.1 45.4 43.5 41.6 43.9 Korea 55.0 55.3 49.6 50.5 47.3 45.4 44.5 58.8 57.2 57.8 59.1 57.3 59.8 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 51.1 60.9 80.4 82.4 79.1 77.3 82.0 103.9 75.7 60.2 61.7 51.0 47.3 Germany 50.3 52.6 49.2 48.0 45.2 46.0 44.9 51.3 53.2 53.6 49.2 49.2 50.6 Hong Kong 45.1 42.4 43.3 43.0 42.8 43.9 45.8 53.7 53.7 53.6 52.0 54.0 55.0 Switzerland 41.7 41.5 41.9 39.7 40.0 39.2 40.8 49.7 48.8 50.8 48.3 48.0 44.8 Luxembourg 41.4 40.5 40.3 39.6 39.7 39.6 39.7 27.1 25.5 26.2 27.8 27.7 26.1 Canada 33.3 32.3 26.6 26.1 25.7 25.9 23.2 31.3 33.8 33.8 31.1 28.6 26.3 Mexico 32.8 33.5 33.2 34.0 36.0 34.6 38.3 45.9 36.5 30.6 28.9 28.4 27.5 Singapore 30.4 30.5 28.5 26.2 28.3 28.5 29.4 26.9 26.1 26.9 26.6 25.6 23.0 Norway 22.6 24.8 25.2 16.4 13.3 10.7 7.0-- -- 6.1 7.1 4.6 5.8 France 20.1 19.5 19.8 22.1 22.2 23.8 23.1 11.1 11.1 12.2 16.4 12.2 15.9 Sweden 17.0 16.1 15.7 14.7 14.5 13.8 14.2 10.0 11.3 9.8 10.4 10.5 9.5 Belgium 17.0 16.8 16.0 15.9 15.8 16.0 16.4 16.1 13.6 13.2 12.7 12.9 14.5 Ireland 16.2 17.0 15.1 14.6 15.6 14.9 12.8 17.6 19.2 14.2 14.0 15.4 14.7 Netherlands 16.0 14.4 14.8 16.1 13.4 20.6 20.7 14.3 13.3 15.1 12.1 12.3 12.9 Brazil 15.2 15.5 15.7 16.4 16.9 16.9 13.9 12.1 12.1 12.2 13.1 11.3 10.7 India 15.0 15.5 16.0 14.9 16.3 17.2 18.2 16.1 16.1 16.2 13.8 13.5 15.7 Israel 13.7 13.2 10.6 12.5 11.6 12.8 17.1 18.1 18.0 15.5 16.4 14.1 10.5 Italy 12.9 12.9 12.3 12.5 12.4 13.3 13.5 15.6 15.8 15.5 14.7 14.8 14.7 Thailand 12.5 12.8 12.1 11.0 12.2 11.2 8.8 11.4 10.9 10.7 11.9 15.3 13.5 Turkey 12.0 14.5 16.1 16.9 16.5 15.1 15.1 15.0 15.7 16.3 14.9 14.2 14.5 Poland 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.3 9.4 9.4 9.4 10.6 11.3 11.5 11.3 11.0 10.8 All other 128.9 125.5 117.5 116.6 116.5 123.2 121.2 120.2 116.4 118.6 116.1 117.7 116.6 Grand Total 1,849.3 1,846.61,812.7 1,794.5 1,770.1 1,751.9 1,735.4 1,820.4 1,743.8 1,711.2 1,670.0 1,609.2 1,568.5 Of which: Foreign Official 1,233.3 1,238.01,220.4 1,204.9 1,187.8 1,169.9 1,160.9 1,094.9 1,062.8 1,046.6 1,031.0 991.1 962.1 Treasury Bills 245.2 256.9 260.4 260.5 254.3 252.0 248.9 248.9 233.1 224.9 231.9 225.6 214.5 Treasury Notes & Bonds 988.1 981.1 960.0 944.4 933.5 918.0 912.0 846.0 829.7 821.8 799.1 765.5 747.6 2003 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June 8/ May Apr Mar Feb Jan Series Series Country IV III Japan 550.8 531.1 507.7 491.2 471.4 463.1 461.0 453.1 441.4 401.8 399.3 391.1 385.0 China, Mainland 159.0 154.2 151.5 147.1 148.8 151.3 147.1 137.2 135.8 134.0 133.2 121.8 120.7 United Kingdom 2/ 82.2 77.9 77.0 72.3 83.7 78.4 56.1 89.5 79.0 77.8 81.6 75.9 81.1 Korea 63.1 63.3 62.6 61.7 59.7 59.6 60.2 39.7 38.6 36.7 36.7 37.4 36.7 Taiwan 50.9 50.5 48.0 47.9 46.3 45.0 43.0 37.8 36.0 35.8 37.3 36.9 37.4 Hong Kong 50.0 47.5 43.9 42.5 44.0 42.3 43.0 50.5 48.7 51.4 48.9 48.8 50.1 Germany 47.8 48.7 49.2 49.0 49.5 46.7 41.6 41.7 40.3 36.9 35.7 36.1 35.9 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 47.3 40.8 38.0 48.9 52.4 55.1 48.1 63.6 72.3 60.3 62.1 50.1 48.2 Switzerland 46.1 46.5 44.7 44.8 44.0 41.8 41.1 34.6 32.8 34.5 35.3 34.1 34.5 Oil Exporters 3/ 42.6 42.8 40.4 40.4 41.1 39.4 38.0 39.8 39.5 40.9 42.4 42.3 47.7 Mexico 27.4 26.3 24.2 24.5 25.5 25.4 24.9 26.8 24.8 24.8 25.4 26.2 24.5 Luxembourg 25.4 25.8 25.7 26.2 26.8 26.2 25.2 23.6 23.5 23.9 23.6 23.4 23.1 Canada 24.2 20.3 18.8 23.0 22.6 20.2 15.7 12.5 8.4 11.0 9.3 7.3 8.6 Singapore 21.2 22.5 22.9 23.4 24.6 24.0 23.7 20.2 18.5 19.4 18.5 17.8 17.3 France 17.2 20.4 19.9 19.5 18.7 19.5 22.5 17.4 15.5 17.2 17.6 18.4 20.2 India 16.7 16.1 14.9 13.5 13.7 11.3 10.4 9.2 10.9 10.6 9.7 9.5 8.6 Turkey 15.7 15.5 16.6 19.1 16.4 15.3 13.9 12.5 11.8 11.0 11.9 12.9 13.2 Ireland 14.9 15.4 15.0 15.5 14.9 13.5 12.6 9.9 9.6 8.9 9.5 9.5 7.2 Belgium 14.4 15.2 14.6 14.2 14.2 12.5 12.0 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.2 15.0 16.6 Italy 13.2 17.3 15.7 16.9 17.1 16.6 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.6 16.4 16.9 17.3 Netherlands 12.3 14.1 13.5 14.1 17.8 19.0 18.7 19.7 18.2 16.3 12.4 10.9 8.9 Israel 12.2 11.9 11.4 12.1 12.0 13.1 11.8 12.4 12.8 14.2 14.9 12.9 11.7 Brazil 11.8 11.2 11.7 11.3 12.6 11.7 12.1 15.9 15.7 14.2 14.4 13.5 13.0 Thailand 11.7 12.7 14.7 14.8 14.6 15.2 15.7 15.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 15.0 17.1 Poland 10.7 10.4 10.3 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.4 9.3 9.4 9.1 9.3 9.0 8.7 Sweden 9.9 9.3 10.0 11.1 11.4 11.1 11.4 14.1 13.5 13.2 13.2 12.7 12.5 Norway 5.2 7.8 5.6 3.9 1.9 5.3 6.7 7.0 4.8 7.3 5.1 6.6 5.7 All other 119.2 122.8 123.4 124.4 129.1 126.2 128.8 128.5 123.8 123.7 125.0 124.4 126.2 Grand Total 1,523.1 1,498.31,451.9 1,443.3 1,444.9 1,419.0 1,371.9 1,369.9 1,328.1 1,278.0 1,275.2 1,236.4 1,237.7 Of which: Foreign Official 933.9 928.9 902.5 878.9 876.0 872.1 864.2 815.7 799.8 777.0 783.6 774.0 767.1 Treasury Bills 212.0 215.6 207.9 207.9 215.6 207.3 211.0 211.0 211.1 201.7 207.3 197.6 195.0 Treasury Notes & Bonds 721.9 713.3 694.6 671.0 660.3 664.8 653.2 604.6 588.7 575.3 576.3 576.4 572.1 2002 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June 7/ May Apr Mar Feb Jan Series Series Country III II Japan 378.1 374.9 373.1 373.8 364.6 361.8 349.2 335.8 317.8 314.6 312.6 311.9 310.6 China, Mainland 118.4 112.4 106.5 104.7 102.3 96.9 96.5 81.0 81.3 82.4 84.5 76.5 77.5 United Kingdom 2/ 80.8 82.5 80.6 76.6 69.7 64.7 53.2 83.6 75.6 64.7 65.6 53.9 46.2 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 50.3 44.8 45.8 40.6 33.0 43.1 34.6 40.3 31.7 23.7 27.6 30.4 31.9 Oil Exporters 3/ 49.6 52.9 52.2 51.7 52.4 53.0 52.3 44.9 45.6 44.6 44.3 44.7 45.2 Hong Kong 47.5 49.0 46.8 45.3 48.0 44.1 42.9 43.5 43.6 43.5 47.1 47.3 46.2 Korea 38.0 37.7 37.5 35.8 35.8 35.0 32.6 37.7 35.4 34.7 32.6 33.4 32.3 Taiwan 37.4 37.5 37.2 37.2 38.7 38.9 36.7 33.9 32.9 31.9 33.3 32.9 33.8 Germany 37.3 35.8 34.4 34.2 35.0 36.6 39.0 46.1 46.5 45.9 45.5 43.9 44.0 Switzerland 34.0 38.3 34.6 35.4 34.2 35.0 33.4 19.6 19.0 18.6 21.3 18.1 18.4 Mexico 24.9 24.8 25.2 23.7 23.9 23.8 24.2 22.2 21.9 22.3 21.8 20.5 19.9 Luxembourg 5/ 23.9 23.7 23.3 23.8 22.8 22.9 23.1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. France 22.9 23.0 21.0 23.0 23.0 22.7 23.3 17.6 16.7 15.5 14.8 17.7 17.7 Spain 19.1 17.2 14.5 15.4 17.5 16.8 16.5 15.0 14.7 14.5 15.8 16.5 17.5 Singapore 17.8 18.0 19.6 19.7 19.4 20.4 20.0 20.4 19.1 19.4 18.0 19.5 19.0 Thailand 17.2 18.5 18.0 17.3 18.1 17.7 17.7 16.7 16.2 15.8 16.5 16.2 16.1 Italy 16.3 16.6 17.0 18.2 18.0 17.9 18.0 20.3 20.6 19.9 20.5 20.6 20.4 Turkey 13.5 12.8 12.1 12.4 12.2 11.0 10.3 10.0 10.5 11.1 10.2 10.4 8.2 Belgium 5/ 13.0 13.2 12.8 13.2 13.3 11.6 11.3 22.9 21.7 21.8 22.4 21.2 21.8 Netherlands 13.0 10.3 8.6 11.5 10.6 12.6 12.3 * * * 0.3 3.8 2.6 Brazil 12.7 13.0 12.4 12.1 10.9 11.2 11.3 11.0 10.8 10.4 10.8 10.1 10.9 Israel 12.5 11.2 10.5 12.9 11.2 12.7 11.2 16.0 15.4 16.4 15.6 14.6 14.8 Sweden 12.3 11.2 9.5 9.7 9.4 8.9 8.8 6.4 6.9 6.3 6.2 5.9 6.1 Canada 10.4 9.0 6.1 8.6 8.1 9.7 11.7 12.6 14.5 13.7 15.7 14.2 12.4 India 9.2 9.0 7.9 8.1 9.6 9.3 9.1 8.8 6.3 5.4 6.3 5.4 5.8 Australia 8.4 9.1 9.3 8.8 9.5 9.1 6.7 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.8 9.1 8.7 Ireland 7.0 7.0 7.5 8.7 8.5 7.2 7.9 8.9 8.8 9.4 9.8 7.3 7.2 All Other 110.1 106.6 110.2 106.2 109.2 107.1 109.3 112.2 117.9 126.6 128.3 129.8 134.4 Grand Total 1,235.6 1,220.01,194.2 1,188.6 1,168.9 1,161.7 1,123.1 1,097.5 1,061.2 1,042.8 1,057.2 1,035.8 1,029.6 Of which: Foreign Official 760.1 753.8 739.8 736.5 744.0 742.6 735.8 630.4 614.2 607.6 614.7 612.2 617.2 Treasury Bills 190.4 190.1 188.4 185.2 189.0 188.3 176.2 176.2 162.0 155.3 160.9 163.6 166.1 Treasury Bonds & Notes 569.7 563.7 551.4 551.3 555.0 554.4 559.6 454.2 452.2 452.2 453.8 448.6 451.1 2001 Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June May Apr Mar Feb Jan Country Japan 317.9 315.4 314.5 292.9 293.1 295.3 300.8 306.7 305.9 307.1 312.5 312.3 China, Mainland 78.6 77.9 72.3 72.0 73.4 74.2 72.7 69.2 69.2 69.8 63.7 61.5 Germany 47.8 46.6 46.2 46.5 47.6 46.6 47.6 49.0 47.9 46.1 44.8 48.0 Hong Kong 47.7 42.9 39.3 45.6 42.1 43.3 41.9 39.7 38.5 41.0 39.5 39.1 Oil Exporters 3/ 46.8 45.3 42.4 42.7 44.5 43.9 43.4 43.2 44.4 45.9 47.8 48.5 United Kingdom 2/ 45.0 42.5 49.4 41.5 40.0 44.0 51.6 55.2 53.8 58.4 48.4 47.8 Taiwan 35.3 34.7 35.1 35.8 35.0 33.9 34.9 34.9 35.3 35.5 35.4 34.5 Korea 32.8 31.9 30.4 28.5 27.0 26.9 27.3 26.1 27.7 29.9 28.1 28.4 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 27.6 33.1 24.3 23.4 23.4 18.1 18.3 19.2 20.6 24.6 28.0 24.9 Belgium-Luxembourg 22.4 22.2 21.8 21.5 21.6 21.6 21.6 21.2 21.3 20.7 28.7 29.4 France 20.6 22.6 24.3 24.0 25.5 24.4 26.0 22.6 21.8 24.7 23.4 22.0 Singapore 20.0 20.5 21.3 19.8 19.8 19.7 19.7 20.2 23.3 24.1 26.0 26.2 Mexico 19.3 19.4 18.5 16.2 18.2 17.0 17.5 18.3 16.9 17.5 13.8 14.9 Italy 18.9 18.9 18.6 19.5 20.4 20.7 20.4 20.4 20.0 19.9 21.3 20.8 Switzerland 18.7 17.6 17.8 17.1 16.6 16.4 16.1 16.1 17.3 17.2 17.5 17.1 Thailand 15.7 15.3 14.6 14.3 14.4 13.9 14.1 14.4 14.4 14.5 14.7 14.3 Spain 15.6 15.4 14.9 16.7 16.5 16.3 16.1 17.0 17.7 18.1 18.7 19.0 Canada 15.4 12.4 12.1 15.2 14.4 13.8 15.4 14.8 13.7 12.5 12.5 12.8 Netherlands 5.2 5.6 6.4 8.3 10.4 7.8 6.7 5.5 7.2 9.7 13.4 10.6 All other 188.8 196.1 191.8 190.7 190.1 178.1 171.2 172.5 170.9 175.3 177.2 178.7 Grand Total 1,040.1 1,036.31,016.0 992.2 994.0 975.9 983.3 986.2 987.8 1,012.5 1,015.4 1,010.8 Of which: Foreign Official 619.4 624.2 611.6 602.7 601.7 590.0 586.9 588.8 594.1 614.2 614.3 616.9 Treasury Bills 161.7 167.6 161.1 153.9 154.7 143.3 139.2 137.9 144.2 155.2 155.7 159.0 Treasury Bonds & Notes 457.7 456.6 450.5 448.8 447.0 446.7 447.7 450.9 449.9 459.0 458.7 458.0 2000 Country Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug July June May Apr March 6/ Series Series II I Japan 317.7 321.7 317.7 317.3 317.8 319.6 318.8 319.4 322.4 307.6 325.8 China, Mainland 60.3 58.9 59.5 62.1 62.6 66.4 67.5 72.5 71.7 71.4 59.4 United Kingdom 2/ 50.2 54.5 60.4 64.3 66.4 63.1 68.1 77.5 77.7 78.6 235.7 Germany 49.0 50.1 52.1 50.9 52.4 52.6 54.7 54.1 54.2 56.4 96.0 Oil Exporters 3/ 47.7 48.4 48.0 46.8 47.8 47.4 45.9 43.1 43.6 43.9 46.4 Hong Kong 38.6 37.9 38.7 37.4 38.0 38.3 38.6 38.6 38.3 39.2 45.3 Caribbean Banking Centers 4/ 37.4 36.3 39.2 33.9 37.4 37.5 38.4 41.0 43.8 41.4 56.5 Taiwan 33.4 33.2 34.4 38.1 39.8 41.1 41.9 42.1 44.0 43.6 29.4 Belgium-Luxembourg 29.6 24.3 23.4 23.3 24.6 25.0 25.2 25.3 26.1 27.1 26.4 Korea 29.6 27.3 28.3 28.1 27.5 28.1 28.9 25.8 25.0 24.7 27.1 Singapore 27.9 28.4 29.7 31.5 33.8 34.5 34.0 32.8 33.2 35.2 30.9 France 25.1 25.6 27.6 27.4 28.5 27.6 28.1 26.8 30.0 33.6 28.8 Italy 20.8 20.8 20.8 20.8 20.9 21.0 19.4 19.8 19.5 18.7 18.0 Spain 19.0 19.8 20.1 21.0 21.1 21.7 20.2 19.6 20.6 19.5 22.1 Switzerland 16.4 16.9 17.4 17.8 18.6 19.2 20.6 23.2 23.6 24.3 21.4 Mexico 15.3 17.9 16.2 16.9 17.3 16.1 14.6 15.8 15.3 14.4 17.0 Canada 14.2 15.8 16.9 16.5 15.4 16.0 17.0 16.7 17.6 15.8 19.2 Thailand 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.8 13.9 14.0 13.4 13.2 13.5 14.0 9.7 Netherlands 11.4 13.0 12.9 12.6 11.7 11.9 13.1 13.6 15.0 14.3 9.8 All other 157.8 156.5 158.3 158.3 158.4 154.8 152.3 151.3 153.8 161.3 127.2 Grand Total 1,015.2 1,021.01,035.2 1,038.8 1,053.9 1,055.9 1,060.7 1,072.2 1,088.9 1,085.0 1,252.1 Of which: Foreign Official 609.2 610.1 615.1 622.6 633.5 633.3 631.6 624.7 634.9 635.6 600.8 Treasury Bills 153.0 155.1 155.1 155.5 159.8 160.1 157.2 148.8 157.6 164.8 164.8 Treasury Bonds and Notes 456.2 455.1 460.0 467.1 473.7 473.2 474.4 475.9 477.3 470.8 436.0 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board August 15, 2008 (2007 added) * Less than $50 million. 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 Portfolio 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/ Prior to June 2002, the Belgium line in this table includes holdings for both Belgium and Luxembourg. Historically, the data are shown as Belgium-Luxembourg. 6/ Denotes series break. Series II for March 2000 through May 2002 are based on the end-March 2000 benchmark survey. Series I for March 2000 is based on the end-1994 benchmark survey. The Series I estimate for March 2000 is shown for comparison only. 7/ Denotes series break. Series III for June 2002 through May 2003 are based on the end-June 2002 annual survey. Series II for March 2000 through May 2002 are based on the end-March 2000 benchmark survey. The Series II estimate for June 2002 is shown for comparison only. 8/ Denotes series break. Series IV for June 2003 through May 2004 are based on the end-June 2003 annual survey. Series III for June 2002 through May 2003 are based on the end-June 2002 annual survey. The Series III estimate for June 2003 is shown for comparison only. 9/ Denotes series break. Series V for June 2004 through May 2005 are based on the end-June 2004 annual survey (as revised April 2006). Series IV for June 2003 through May 2004 are based on the end-June 2003 annual survey. The Series IV estimate for June 2004 is shown for comparison only. 10/ Denotes series break. Series VI for June 2005 through May 2006 are based on the end-June 2005 annual survey. Series V for June 2004 through May 2005 are based on the end-June 2004 annual survey (revised April 2006). Series V estimate for June 2005 is shown for comparison only. 11/ Denotes series break. Series VII for June 2006 through May 2007 are based on the end-June 2006 annual survey. Series VI for June 2005 through May 2006 are based on the end-June 2005 annual survey. The Series VI estimate for June 2006 is shown for comparison only. 12/ Denotes series break. Series VIII for June 2007 and subsequent months are based on the end-June 2007 annual survey. Series VII for June 2006 through May 2007 are based on the end-June 2006 annual survey. The Series VII estimate for June 2007 is shown for comparison only.