MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Country 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2017 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1138.9 1151.4 1165.1 1171.0 1179.0 1183.1 1181.9 1187.7 1176.7 1168.2 1184.9 1176.6 1189.2 Japan 1018.5 1028.0 1029.9 1035.5 1032.2 1048.8 1031.2 1043.5 1059.5 1065.8 1061.5 1084.1 1094.0 Brazil 313.9 317.0 317.8 299.7 300.1 299.2 294.1 286.0 272.9 265.7 256.8 265.3 270.0 Ireland 287.3 290.4 311.6 300.2 301.3 301.0 300.4 317.9 314.0 327.5 326.5 324.3 312.4 United Kingdom 263.9 276.3 272.6 271.7 274.4 265.0 262.7 263.7 250.5 243.3 250.0 237.5 225.9 Luxembourg 225.4 227.2 224.0 221.5 220.5 209.1 213.9 221.6 218.6 220.9 217.6 218.3 217.9 Switzerland 225.2 226.9 232.0 233.1 236.3 243.4 242.2 245.4 248.0 251.1 249.6 250.9 254.0 Cayman Islands 208.2 200.0 197.5 197.9 191.1 186.2 181.3 165.9 177.3 168.0 170.6 240.4 247.2 Hong Kong 185.0 192.3 193.2 194.4 196.5 191.9 194.0 196.2 196.5 194.1 194.7 194.9 192.3 Saudi Arabia 171.3 176.1 169.5 166.8 164.3 162.1 159.9 151.2 150.9 143.6 147.4 147.6 145.2 Belgium 169.7 164.7 154.3 154.5 154.7 150.5 137.6 125.5 125.7 123.7 119.2 115.3 116.0 Taiwan 162.3 166.4 163.2 164.2 162.6 164.8 168.1 170.1 170.7 175.4 180.9 179.9 181.7 India 138.2 144.0 140.6 142.6 147.3 148.9 152.8 157.0 152.9 148.6 144.7 140.8 141.4 Singapore 133.0 134.5 129.9 127.6 122.1 118.9 118.0 117.8 118.0 122.6 125.0 124.2 130.4 Korea 111.1 110.8 110.2 109.1 106.1 104.7 104.5 100.4 101.3 101.7 96.2 98.5 100.1 France 109.4 97.7 113.6 111.0 93.4 89.6 82.5 80.9 77.0 78.4 80.9 76.6 77.9 Canada 101.9 94.1 96.2 96.1 102.3 96.7 89.4 93.0 89.1 85.5 86.1 82.4 78.0 Germany 77.5 68.3 73.3 71.0 70.8 78.3 86.0 76.5 78.5 71.0 72.3 71.6 72.9 Thailand 65.3 66.1 63.3 63.0 58.6 62.2 60.8 57.2 68.0 67.2 60.9 68.0 68.4 Bermuda 62.2 64.1 65.1 64.0 60.3 63.6 64.8 66.4 67.4 67.5 67.0 63.5 62.9 Norway 61.3 63.6 66.7 61.1 50.0 49.7 39.3 40.2 50.4 46.9 51.1 55.3 60.6 United Arab Emirates 57.7 60.0 59.0 59.7 59.6 60.0 59.7 59.2 57.5 55.1 57.7 58.2 57.7 Kuwait 44.1 43.8 43.5 42.9 43.0 43.9 42.6 36.9 36.3 36.9 36.8 36.8 39.4 Sweden 43.4 44.6 44.6 44.7 46.3 45.5 45.1 46.2 46.3 46.3 43.9 44.7 45.3 Netherlands 43.0 43.0 43.4 45.1 44.8 45.1 42.5 43.9 44.8 45.1 48.6 47.6 45.1 Mexico 41.5 39.3 40.7 39.8 41.0 43.6 42.3 45.6 35.8 34.3 39.1 40.6 41.6 Poland 40.0 40.1 39.9 40.6 40.6 40.2 41.4 40.3 40.4 40.7 40.0 38.4 38.8 Italy 39.6 39.6 37.3 38.4 40.7 39.6 36.4 37.2 36.6 35.4 35.2 35.6 34.5 Australia 38.9 36.8 38.4 39.2 39.8 37.6 36.0 34.1 38.5 37.8 37.5 40.6 38.7 Spain 35.3 37.3 37.5 36.2 31.9 34.6 31.3 32.0 32.4 34.7 33.5 36.2 36.9 Iraq 31.1 29.4 29.8 28.3 26.5 24.5 22.4 21.7 22.3 21.3 20.7 19.9 18.2 Israel 30.8 31.1 30.4 29.6 28.2 28.2 29.9 29.3 29.1 27.3 29.3 30.9 32.7 All Other 524.7 520.3 543.8 553.4 547.5 554.2 579.7 627.1 633.6 635.4 644.1 660.7 657.0 Grand Total 6199.6 6225.2 6277.9 6253.8 6213.7 6214.7 6174.8 6217.8 6217.5 6187.2 6210.4 6306.2 6324.1 Of which: For. Official 3947.2 4010.1 4021.1 4007.8 3988.8 3990.8 4003.3 4049.1 4029.6 3997.2 4025.6 4054.7 4079.1 Treasury Bills 306.6 316.7 329.3 339.6 336.3 346.3 323.2 318.6 333.9 325.0 317.2 339.6 332.2 T-Bonds & Notes 3640.6 3693.4 3691.8 3668.1 3652.5 3644.5 3680.1 3730.5 3695.7 3672.1 3708.4 3715.1 3746.9 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board December 17, 2018 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 monthly data on holdings of Treasury bonds and notes as reported on TIC Form SLT, Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign Residents and on TIC Form BL2, Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents.