MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD New 5/ Old 5/ Series Series Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Mar Country 2012 2012* 2012* 2011* 2011 2011 2011* 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1169.9 1155.2 1166.2 1151.9 1254.5 1256.0 1270.2 1278.5 1314.9 1307.0 1165.5 1159.8 1152.5 1144.9 Japan 1083.0 1085.4 1082.8 1058.0 1066.7 1006.8 984.6 907.0 885.2 881.5 911.1 912.4 906.7 908.1 Oil Exporters 3/ 254.5 264.9 264.8 258.3 251.4 245.6 249.3 245.8 244.0 242.6 233.1 230.0 221.6 222.5 Brazil 237.4 228.4 228.2 226.9 226.6 229.4 226.4 219.2 219.1 216.2 207.1 211.4 206.9 193.5 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 224.8 231.7 223.5 226.0 222.2 212.0 209.7 210.4 177.9 196.3 147.1 154.0 140.8 155.4 Taiwan 184.4 183.7 178.4 177.3 166.9 167.5 166.6 143.5 147.6 146.6 153.4 153.5 154.6 156.1 Switzerland 147.8 145.3 146.4 142.3 126.1 143.9 158.2 157.6 118.5 118.1 108.0 108.3 106.2 108.8 Russia 146.7 144.8 145.7 149.5 145.1 147.5 149.9 138.1 141.7 151.7 110.7 115.2 125.4 127.8 Hong Kong 138.8 141.8 134.3 121.7 107.9 113.3 111.6 102.0 105.9 112.4 118.4 121.6 121.9 121.6 Luxembourg 136.8 140.9 140.0 147.6 127.0 126.4 127.8 114.7 114.1 121.7 69.0 66.7 76.2 79.8 Belgium 125.7 125.1 131.4 135.2 133.2 132.4 132.1 87.1 86.6 88.8 33.6 31.4 31.6 32.2 United Kingdom 2/ 112.0 116.1 114.1 111.7 124.9 106.8 117.1 181.2 141.0 135.7 347.0 344.5 333.2 326.2 Ireland 98.4 96.0 86.1 95.2 69.6 66.2 62.4 51.4 52.2 53.9 36.1 33.5 40.0 43.8 Singapore 85.2 84.6 74.8 75.1 70.1 70.7 70.5 61.0 65.7 64.4 61.7 57.1 59.8 55.1 Norway 61.5 59.4 57.3 56.7 40.3 37.0 39.6 28.1 23.7 26.5 20.4 21.1 21.1 21.4 Canada 60.3 53.9 48.0 45.0 48.7 46.4 45.1 46.6 46.8 44.7 86.8 93.1 90.1 93.7 Germany 60.0 60.7 60.9 60.7 68.0 68.2 66.1 62.1 63.0 63.8 62.0 61.2 61.3 59.8 Thailand 54.9 54.3 54.5 51.6 56.0 49.9 49.0 47.6 58.4 55.8 62.6 59.8 60.7 57.1 Korea, South 46.9 50.8 49.9 47.3 42.1 42.7 38.5 36.3 33.4 33.9 29.9 32.5 30.8 32.5 India 43.9 44.1 42.8 43.5 38.4 40.1 41.2 40.1 40.3 41.3 38.9 41.0 42.1 39.8 Philippines 38.4 37.1 35.7 32.7 31.7 32.2 32.2 30.0 30.0 27.6 22.7 23.8 24.1 23.4 France 38.1 39.7 42.5 44.7 46.4 47.5 43.4 49.5 43.0 45.4 21.4 22.7 20.0 17.7 Mexico 35.2 31.7 30.1 29.3 31.6 31.0 31.3 29.9 31.1 31.2 29.3 27.7 26.7 28.1 Turkey 30.4 30.1 27.4 32.0 40.2 40.5 40.7 40.1 42.8 42.8 41.9 39.3 37.9 36.2 Sweden 27.8 28.5 29.2 28.9 30.4 30.8 30.9 28.4 28.4 28.4 21.3 20.9 21.4 21.3 Poland 27.8 27.3 28.7 28.5 27.9 28.6 29.6 31.2 31.9 31.1 28.5 27.9 27.4 28.4 Colombia 25.7 25.1 25.2 23.5 20.0 21.8 21.4 19.8 18.8 18.9 20.1 19.9 19.8 20.2 Netherlands 24.2 24.6 24.8 21.3 21.9 22.2 23.1 23.1 23.6 24.2 23.7 23.8 23.7 25.3 Australia 23.7 23.5 22.1 21.7 24.0 24.6 23.3 18.9 20.4 21.3 14.0 12.4 13.1 10.3 Italy 23.4 23.3 22.7 22.8 21.2 21.5 21.7 20.7 21.3 20.7 23.7 25.4 24.8 24.2 Israel 23.2 23.0 22.7 19.3 19.3 19.3 20.2 22.0 20.9 21.9 18.3 19.1 19.3 18.9 Chile 22.1 22.5 22.3 23.0 24.9 24.7 22.2 22.0 19.6 20.0 23.1 21.9 18.6 16.7 Spain 21.3 21.3 23.7 24.0 16.3 14.1 13.1 13.3 14.4 12.4 7.2 7.5 7.3 8.1 Malaysia 21.0 20.9 20.6 20.6 18.5 17.8 17.0 15.4 15.3 14.0 12.0 12.7 12.2 11.2 Denmark 16.4 15.4 15.9 16.5 13.6 13.6 13.9 12.0 10.8 10.7 8.2 9.9 9.4 9.3 South Africa 12.8 12.9 12.9 12.1 11.3 11.5 10.9 11.0 10.1 10.1 7.8 6.7 7.5 8.4 All Other 233.1 225.7 222.5 214.2 203.4 197.9 193.5 206.4 203.5 206.9 189.1 191.7 194.6 189.6 Grand Total 5117.6 5099.8 5059.1 4996.4 4988.5 4908.3 4904.6 4752.2 4665.8 4690.6 4514.6 4521.7 4491.3 4477.6 Of which: For. Official 3732.1 3705.3 3681.5 3614.9 3625.8 3597.8 3616.4 3517.2 3509.9 3514.6 3242.0 3242.8 3219.6 3183.3 Treasury Bills 356.0 360.7 349.6 357.6 379.0 374.6 387.3 409.2 392.3 411.1 411.1 423.2 421.7 414.9 T-Bonds & Notes 3376.1 3344.6 3331.9 3257.2 3246.8 3223.2 3229.1 3108.0 3117.6 3103.5 2830.9 2819.6 2798.0 2768.4 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board May 15, 2012 * 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. 5/ New series reflect new benchmark survey taken in this month. Estimated positions based on the previous survey are shown for comparison.