MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Country 2013 2013* 2013* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1250.5 1251.9 1214.2 1220.4 1183.1 1169.9 1153.6 1155.2 1160.0 1147.0 1164.0 1164.4 1144.0 Japan 1105.0 1105.5 1103.9 1111.2 1117.7 1131.9 1128.5 1120.9 1119.8 1108.4 1107.2 1087.9 1080.4 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 291.3 280.3 271.8 266.2 263.5 273.5 261.1 263.9 247.6 244.6 243.2 237.3 234.8 Oil Exporters 3/ 261.5 256.8 261.6 262.0 259.1 262.2 267.2 269.1 268.4 270.2 260.6 262.2 262.4 Brazil 258.6 256.5 254.1 253.3 255.9 254.1 251.2 259.8 256.5 244.3 245.8 245.9 238.1 Taiwan 189.0 190.0 192.7 195.4 199.1 197.2 201.7 199.5 194.4 196.4 190.0 187.4 190.1 Belgium 184.3 187.3 185.6 138.8 138.5 136.4 133.2 130.2 141.3 144.5 132.1 132.1 141.4 Switzerland 184.2 186.9 189.9 195.4 192.7 187.8 193.5 191.7 184.8 172.4 155.2 150.4 150.4 Russia 162.5 164.9 164.4 161.5 166.2 171.1 163.5 162.9 156.2 163.8 156.3 155.4 151.1 Luxembourg 155.0 151.4 147.9 155.0 148.3 144.7 147.6 138.9 135.1 137.8 131.3 129.2 137.9 United Kingdom 2/ 150.6 139.3 133.6 132.6 133.5 133.2 137.9 137.1 135.4 138.0 137.3 136.7 126.0 Hong Kong 147.1 144.7 142.9 141.9 141.2 138.5 137.1 141.7 137.1 136.0 144.1 145.2 140.5 Ireland 110.5 111.4 109.9 104.9 99.3 97.4 96.9 94.6 93.2 91.3 93.8 95.2 94.4 Singapore 102.0 109.6 103.7 99.4 95.7 97.5 94.4 96.9 96.4 86.9 83.5 83.1 85.2 Germany 93.3 94.5 89.4 63.2 65.3 64.0 65.5 66.2 66.5 64.0 65.1 62.8 64.7 Norway 76.3 77.0 76.5 75.1 75.6 75.5 73.9 71.4 68.2 68.6 67.9 64.8 60.9 France 76.1 53.1 52.2 51.4 59.0 58.7 59.3 52.9 55.2 49.1 50.6 49.8 45.9 Thailand 71.4 65.3 61.6 53.6 56.9 58.6 64.3 58.7 53.0 53.1 53.5 52.2 54.7 Canada 64.7 65.2 61.5 66.0 59.8 58.3 60.6 61.3 61.3 52.9 55.9 64.0 54.3 Mexico 60.7 64.3 62.6 61.1 60.5 59.2 56.5 57.2 53.9 51.6 45.8 40.9 35.9 Turkey 56.6 55.9 57.7 57.6 55.6 51.6 42.6 34.6 30.3 29.1 27.1 28.1 30.4 India 55.9 56.8 58.5 59.5 58.8 59.6 59.7 60.6 59.3 53.8 50.0 49.3 46.7 Korea 52.6 50.6 48.1 47.6 45.0 42.2 42.1 44.1 46.5 44.5 46.3 43.9 42.7 Philippines 40.3 39.6 39.6 36.8 36.8 36.9 37.0 37.1 36.9 35.4 36.5 36.8 37.1 Chile 32.7 33.6 32.8 33.0 32.1 30.9 30.3 30.1 29.7 26.7 26.4 24.5 21.9 Poland 32.4 31.2 31.8 31.5 30.8 30.4 30.0 29.4 28.8 29.9 28.4 28.4 27.5 Sweden 32.2 30.2 28.6 27.8 28.5 29.0 27.6 28.0 28.5 27.8 27.4 27.6 27.6 Colombia 30.2 29.5 30.3 30.2 30.2 29.9 29.3 27.9 27.6 27.1 26.5 26.9 26.7 Netherlands 29.9 30.3 31.7 32.0 29.9 30.7 27.0 27.4 25.8 26.2 26.2 24.8 23.4 Australia 29.7 28.9 28.6 27.4 29.0 26.7 25.7 27.6 26.7 25.3 29.7 25.8 22.5 Italy 28.7 28.8 27.4 27.5 28.3 28.0 27.6 27.5 27.7 27.5 27.1 26.5 24.1 Israel 27.2 23.1 23.1 24.1 26.2 28.9 25.8 25.0 23.1 24.6 24.9 23.8 22.9 Spain 23.8 24.5 25.1 27.4 25.8 25.3 25.5 24.2 24.5 26.6 21.7 21.2 21.1 Malaysia 18.7 18.8 19.3 19.3 19.5 19.5 19.4 19.6 20.1 20.3 20.3 20.1 20.5 Peru 15.9 15.7 15.6 14.5 13.7 13.4 11.9 11.5 11.9 11.8 11.4 10.5 10.1 Denmark 13.5 13.9 14.1 13.8 14.7 14.9 15.2 15.8 15.6 15.3 15.1 14.6 15.4 South Africa 13.0 13.3 13.1 13.1 13.0 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.0 13.2 12.6 12.3 12.2 All Other 230.4 238.4 237.6 242.4 248.4 246.2 238.5 233.4 221.7 227.6 227.1 224.9 221.7 Grand Total 5758.4 5718.8 5643.0 5573.8 5537.4 5526.2 5475.4 5446.5 5381.6 5313.5 5267.7 5217.0 5147.6 Of which: For. Official 4099.1 4097.4 4045.8 4032.2 4009.0 3984.3 3958.1 3957.1 3917.4 3857.9 3828.6 3783.4 3722.6 Treasury Bills 404.0 385.6 377.1 372.7 383.5 379.4 383.8 373.0 356.9 364.5 362.1 347.9 358.2 T-Bonds & Notes 3695.0 3711.8 3668.7 3659.5 3625.5 3604.9 3574.4 3584.1 3560.6 3493.4 3466.5 3435.5 3364.3 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board May 15, 2013 * 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.