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 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 789.6 798.9 798.9 797.1 800.5 776.4 801.5 763.5 767.9 744.2 739.6 727.4 713.2 Japan 757.3 745.9 751.0 730.6 723.9 711.2 677.2 685.9 686.7 661.9 634.8 626.0 625.2 United Kingdom 2/ 277.5 230.1 248.8 226.4 219.4 213.4 163.7 152.7 128.1 129.0 123.9 130.9 132.4 Oil Exporters 3/ 187.7 188.4 185.3 189.2 189.3 191.2 192.9 189.6 192.0 181.8 186.6 186.2 187.2 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 179.8 170.6 173.0 181.3 194.5 191.0 195.2 205.1 214.0 189.5 176.9 197.5 205.0 Brazil 157.1 156.2 144.9 137.3 138.1 139.8 127.1 126.0 126.6 130.8 133.5 127.0 136.1 Hong Kong 146.2 142.0 132.2 124.7 115.3 99.8 93.2 80.9 78.9 76.3 71.7 77.2 70.6 Russia 128.1 122.5 121.8 121.6 118.0 119.9 124.5 137.0 138.4 130.1 119.6 116.4 108.0 Luxembourg 91.7 91.0 99.0 94.4 92.2 104.3 96.2 97.4 106.0 92.1 87.0 97.3 94.2 Taiwan 78.4 78.7 78.1 75.9 77.4 77.0 75.7 78.3 74.8 72.6 73.3 71.8 70.2 Switzerland 75.8 71.5 68.9 68.2 68.1 71.5 63.7 64.2 67.7 68.2 62.1 62.3 63.8 Germany 53.6 52.9 53.7 55.0 56.1 53.8 55.1 54.4 54.9 56.5 56.2 56.0 53.8 France 47.5 36.2 32.0 35.0 24.6 26.0 25.9 30.6 27.1 16.8 17.9 16.8 18.4 Canada 46.6 40.3 37.7 25.7 19.6 18.4 11.0 12.5 11.3 10.3 8.4 7.8 12.7 Korea, South 39.1 42.2 38.8 38.7 37.6 36.3 37.4 35.4 33.1 33.3 31.3 31.3 32.7 Ireland 38.8 38.3 32.7 36.6 38.7 46.3 50.6 49.7 54.7 54.5 50.0 54.3 41.3 Singapore 36.4 35.2 38.3 42.0 42.3 40.8 39.6 39.7 39.1 39.3 38.3 40.8 38.7 Thailand 31.7 30.1 30.1 33.5 31.4 29.7 26.8 28.5 26.0 39.7 37.2 32.4 33.9 India 31.6 32.9 35.9 38.5 38.9 39.3 38.8 38.5 38.2 34.6 32.5 29.2 22.3 Turkey 29.6 30.4 28.2 28.7 27.3 27.5 28.8 27.2 30.2 32.4 31.3 30.8 29.0 Norway 26.2 24.9 25.2 24.7 28.9 28.7 28.3 27.5 26.2 21.1 21.9 23.1 20.2 Mexico 26.2 20.7 22.1 27.5 27.7 29.5 31.5 35.3 36.2 37.8 34.8 34.8 33.8 Egypt 25.3 20.2 20.8 20.4 18.6 17.3 18.6 18.5 18.5 19.1 16.9 17.2 16.8 Netherlands 20.3 19.8 21.3 21.4 21.5 18.9 16.4 16.5 17.6 16.1 16.8 15.4 15.6 Sweden 19.4 19.2 18.3 16.7 16.5 16.4 13.0 12.7 12.5 12.6 12.4 12.7 13.1 Italy 19.1 19.1 17.6 16.9 17.3 16.7 16.7 16.1 16.6 16.4 15.6 16.0 15.9 Israel 16.6 16.0 18.3 17.7 17.0 18.1 19.0 19.1 19.4 17.4 16.9 18.8 13.8 Colombia 15.6 16.8 16.8 16.4 14.9 11.8 12.0 11.5 11.3 11.5 11.4 11.1 11.5 Belgium 15.3 14.7 15.0 15.6 15.7 15.7 15.7 15.8 15.4 14.5 15.5 15.9 15.3 Chile 12.2 12.5 12.9 13.0 13.5 14.3 14.7 15.1 15.5 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.1 Philippines 12.2 11.9 11.8 12.4 11.4 11.6 11.8 12.0 12.4 12.6 11.6 11.7 11.5 Australia 11.5 10.5 10.1 10.2 9.8 9.9 9.0 8.4 5.8 8.1 7.8 9.3 8.7 Malaysia 11.1 11.0 11.0 11.2 11.9 11.7 12.3 11.6 10.6 8.4 8.0 8.4 8.8 All Other 142.3 146.4 146.7 148.5 149.7 147.5 148.6 145.0 150.7 156.7 154.5 147.0 147.4 Grand Total 3597.5 3498.1 3497.4 3453.1 3427.5 3382.1 3292.6 3262.1 3264.6 3161.5 3071.5 3075.9 3036.0 Of which: For. Official 2404.6 2384.8 2369.4 2360.0 2346.1 2295.7 2287.5 2253.6 2248.6 2198.1 2165.8 2138.7 2104.1 Treasury Bills 586.6 598.0 597.7 607.3 606.6 571.9 586.2 530.6 542.7 521.2 486.9 457.9 427.2 T-Bonds & Notes 1818.0 1786.8 1771.7 1752.7 1739.5 1723.8 1701.3 1723.1 1705.9 1676.9 1678.9 1680.8 1676.9 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board January 19, 2010 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.