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 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1132.6 1134.1 1148.3 1137.0 1173.5 1165.5 1159.8 1152.5 1144.9 1154.1 1154.7 1160.1 1164.1 Japan 1038.9 979.0 956.8 936.6 914.8 911.1 912.4 906.7 908.1 890.4 886.0 882.3 875.9 United Kingdom 2/ 429.4 411.2 421.6 397.2 353.4 347.6 344.9 333.7 325.8 295.8 277.5 270.4 242.5 Oil Exporters 3/ 232.0 226.2 229.9 236.3 234.4 233.1 230.0 221.6 222.5 219.0 215.5 211.9 204.3 Brazil 206.4 209.1 206.2 210.0 210.0 207.1 211.4 206.9 193.5 194.3 191.2 186.1 189.8 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 185.3 175.2 172.9 161.2 128.7 147.1 154.0 140.8 155.4 168.6 165.3 168.4 158.8 Taiwan 149.6 150.1 149.3 150.3 154.3 153.4 153.5 154.6 156.1 156.0 157.3 155.1 154.4 Switzerland 113.9 131.7 146.1 147.5 108.4 108.0 108.3 106.2 108.8 107.7 106.1 106.8 106.8 Hong Kong 105.3 110.7 109.0 107.9 111.9 118.4 121.6 121.9 121.6 123.9 127.6 134.2 134.9 Russia 89.7 92.1 94.6 97.1 100.7 110.7 115.2 125.4 127.8 130.5 139.3 151.0 167.3 Canada 88.4 86.1 84.8 82.6 83.5 81.6 87.9 85.2 90.1 89.5 83.7 75.3 75.6 Luxembourg 72.9 72.3 73.7 62.0 61.4 69.0 66.7 76.2 79.8 77.2 79.1 86.4 81.9 Singapore 63.1 63.7 63.5 58.3 63.0 61.7 57.1 59.8 55.1 65.1 55.8 72.9 62.2 Thailand 62.0 55.9 55.0 54.5 65.2 62.6 59.8 60.7 57.1 57.6 56.5 52.0 52.2 Germany 60.7 60.9 58.9 60.2 61.2 62.0 61.2 61.3 59.8 58.3 61.0 60.5 58.6 France 46.9 48.0 43.9 29.0 22.5 22.4 23.6 20.3 17.7 30.2 30.2 15.0 20.1 Ireland 41.3 37.9 34.0 33.6 34.3 36.1 33.5 40.0 43.8 41.8 44.2 45.8 50.0 Turkey 39.4 39.7 39.9 39.2 41.9 41.9 39.3 37.9 36.2 34.3 32.9 28.9 29.1 Korea, South 37.1 37.8 33.6 32.4 29.4 29.9 32.5 30.8 32.5 31.2 31.9 36.2 39.8 Belgium 36.9 36.1 35.8 31.8 31.3 33.6 31.4 31.6 32.2 31.9 32.1 33.2 33.4 India 33.7 35.5 36.5 37.7 37.9 38.9 41.0 42.1 39.8 40.3 40.6 40.5 39.7 Chile 28.3 28.1 25.6 25.2 22.7 23.1 21.9 18.6 16.7 16.0 15.0 13.9 13.4 Mexico 27.5 26.8 27.1 28.0 29.1 29.3 27.7 26.7 28.1 34.6 34.5 33.6 32.6 Poland 25.3 26.1 27.1 28.7 29.3 28.5 27.9 27.4 28.4 27.3 26.3 25.5 27.2 Philippines 24.9 25.5 25.5 25.1 25.1 22.7 23.8 24.1 23.4 22.7 22.8 20.1 19.2 Italy 23.9 24.2 24.4 23.7 24.3 23.7 25.4 24.8 24.2 24.3 24.6 23.7 23.6 Norway 23.2 19.9 22.6 22.0 17.6 20.4 21.1 21.1 21.4 20.8 19.4 19.6 19.0 Netherlands 22.2 22.5 23.4 22.6 23.2 23.7 23.8 23.7 25.3 25.1 25.4 22.7 22.1 Sweden 21.1 21.5 21.6 21.3 21.3 21.3 20.9 21.4 21.3 17.7 17.0 16.8 15.2 Colombia 19.9 21.7 21.3 21.0 20.0 20.1 19.9 19.8 20.2 20.1 19.8 20.2 20.3 Malaysia 15.2 14.4 13.7 13.4 13.3 12.0 12.7 12.2 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.5 11.7 Israel 14.8 14.7 15.7 18.3 17.2 18.3 19.1 19.3 18.9 19.8 19.9 20.6 20.5 Australia 14.1 14.7 13.4 11.6 13.1 14.0 12.4 13.1 10.3 12.6 14.6 14.9 14.9 Spain 11.5 9.3 8.2 8.1 9.1 7.2 7.5 7.3 8.1 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.4 All Other 213.3 208.0 203.3 206.8 201.8 205.2 208.4 211.4 207.4 204.0 206.6 210.8 222.1 Grand Total 4750.9 4670.8 4667.0 4578.3 4489.0 4511.1 4517.8 4487.1 4473.6 4462.4 4433.7 4435.6 4411.4 Of which: For. Official 3271.2 3243.2 3261.8 3245.0 3237.6 3242.6 3240.9 3217.8 3182.9 3193.0 3184.0 3189.3 3212.4 Treasury Bills 379.0 374.6 387.3 409.2 392.3 411.1 423.2 421.7 414.9 432.4 438.9 462.3 499.2 T-Bonds & Notes 2892.2 2868.6 2874.5 2835.7 2845.3 2831.4 2817.7 2796.1 2768.0 2760.6 2745.1 2727.0 2713.2 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board January 18, 2012 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.