MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Country 2013 2013* 2013* 2013* 2013* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1315.9 1290.7 1270.3 1251.9 1214.2 1220.4 1183.1 1169.9 1153.6 1155.2 1160.0 1147.0 1164.0 Japan 1111.0 1112.7 1114.3 1105.5 1103.9 1111.2 1117.7 1131.9 1128.5 1120.9 1119.8 1108.4 1107.2 Oil Exporters 3/ 266.3 271.7 265.1 256.8 261.6 262.0 259.1 262.2 267.2 269.1 268.4 270.2 260.6 Brazil 255.5 253.1 257.9 256.5 254.1 253.3 255.9 254.1 251.2 259.8 256.5 244.3 245.8 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 253.2 284.1 283.9 280.3 271.8 266.2 263.5 273.5 261.1 263.9 247.6 244.6 243.2 Taiwan 189.4 185.7 188.9 190.0 192.7 195.4 199.1 197.2 201.7 199.5 194.4 196.4 190.0 Switzerland 187.0 185.8 183.6 186.9 190.0 195.4 192.7 187.8 193.5 191.7 184.8 172.4 155.2 Belgium 171.0 185.5 188.4 187.3 185.6 138.8 138.5 136.4 133.2 130.2 141.3 144.5 132.1 United Kingdom 2/ 155.2 160.2 159.1 138.6 139.3 132.6 133.5 133.2 137.9 137.1 135.4 138.0 137.3 Russia 150.9 149.4 153.0 164.9 164.4 161.5 166.2 171.1 163.5 162.9 156.2 163.8 156.3 Luxembourg 143.6 149.7 155.0 151.7 147.9 155.0 148.3 144.7 147.6 138.9 135.1 137.8 131.3 Hong Kong 137.8 141.2 146.6 144.7 142.9 141.9 141.2 138.5 137.1 141.7 137.1 136.0 144.1 Ireland 125.5 120.5 115.2 111.4 109.9 104.9 99.3 97.4 96.9 94.6 93.2 91.3 93.8 Singapore 92.2 92.3 98.1 109.6 103.7 99.4 95.7 97.5 94.4 96.9 96.4 86.9 83.5 Norway 74.2 74.9 76.4 77.0 76.5 75.1 75.6 75.5 73.9 71.4 68.2 68.6 67.9 Germany 62.7 62.2 64.3 65.2 60.5 63.2 65.3 64.0 65.5 66.2 66.5 64.0 65.1 Turkey 60.1 60.4 56.7 55.9 57.7 57.6 55.6 51.6 42.6 34.6 30.3 29.1 27.1 Canada 59.7 65.7 64.3 65.2 61.5 66.0 59.8 58.3 60.6 61.3 61.3 52.9 55.9 Mexico 58.8 57.0 57.1 64.3 62.6 61.1 60.5 59.2 56.5 57.2 53.9 51.6 45.8 France 56.8 50.6 56.4 53.1 52.2 51.4 59.0 58.7 59.3 52.9 55.2 49.1 50.6 India 56.7 55.8 55.0 56.8 58.5 59.5 58.8 59.6 59.7 60.6 59.3 53.8 50.0 Thailand 54.6 59.3 68.4 65.3 61.6 53.6 56.9 58.6 64.3 58.7 53.0 53.1 53.5 Korea, South 52.7 53.1 53.1 50.6 48.1 47.6 45.0 42.2 42.1 44.1 46.5 44.5 46.3 Philippines 39.5 39.3 39.7 39.6 39.6 36.8 36.8 36.9 37.0 37.1 36.9 35.4 36.5 Australia 37.6 35.8 29.4 28.9 28.6 27.4 29.0 26.7 25.7 27.6 26.7 25.3 29.7 Poland 32.4 31.6 31.2 31.2 31.8 31.5 30.8 30.4 30.0 29.4 28.8 29.9 28.4 Sweden 32.1 32.1 32.8 30.2 28.6 27.8 28.5 29.0 27.6 28.0 28.5 27.8 27.4 Colombia 32.0 30.9 31.2 29.5 30.3 30.2 30.2 29.9 29.3 27.9 27.6 27.1 26.5 Chile 31.0 32.1 31.9 33.6 32.8 33.0 32.1 30.9 30.3 30.1 29.7 26.7 26.4 Italy 27.8 28.1 28.5 28.8 28.4 27.5 28.3 28.0 27.6 27.5 27.7 27.5 27.1 Netherlands 26.9 25.2 30.4 30.3 31.7 32.0 29.9 30.7 27.0 27.4 25.8 26.2 26.2 Israel 26.2 24.5 23.7 23.1 23.1 24.1 26.2 28.9 25.8 25.0 23.1 24.6 24.9 Spain 21.9 23.0 23.5 24.5 25.1 27.4 25.8 25.3 25.5 24.2 24.5 26.6 21.7 Malaysia 17.7 17.6 18.6 18.8 19.3 19.3 19.5 19.5 19.4 19.6 20.1 20.3 20.3 Peru 16.2 15.9 16.0 15.7 15.6 14.5 13.7 13.4 11.9 11.5 11.9 11.8 11.4 Denmark 13.8 13.7 14.0 13.9 14.1 13.8 14.7 14.9 15.2 15.8 15.6 15.3 15.1 South Africa 13.5 13.6 13.4 13.3 13.1 13.1 13.0 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.0 13.2 12.6 All Other 218.9 221.3 228.9 238.4 237.6 242.4 248.4 246.2 238.5 233.4 221.7 227.6 227.1 Grand Total 5678.4 5706.3 5724.2 5689.3 5621.0 5573.8 5537.4 5526.2 5475.4 5446.5 5381.6 5313.5 5267.7 Of which: For. Official 4097.9 4077.0 4090.7 4097.4 4045.8 4032.2 4009.0 3984.3 3958.1 3957.1 3917.4 3857.9 3828.6 Treasury Bills 379.8 399.2 404.0 385.6 377.1 372.7 383.5 379.4 383.8 373.0 356.9 364.5 362.1 T-Bonds & Notes 3718.1 3677.8 3686.7 3711.8 3668.7 3659.5 3625.5 3604.9 3574.4 3584.1 3560.6 3493.4 3466.5 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board July 16, 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.