MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD New 5/ Old 5/ Series Series Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Country 2012 2011* 2011 2011 2011* 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1159.5 1151.9 1254.5 1256.0 1270.2 1278.5 1314.9 1307.0 1165.5 1159.8 1152.5 1144.9 1154.1 1154.7 Japan 1079.0 1058.2 1066.8 1006.9 984.6 907.1 885.3 881.6 911.1 912.4 906.7 908.1 890.4 886.0 Oil Exporters 3/ 258.8 258.7 251.5 245.8 249.4 245.9 244.0 242.7 233.1 230.0 221.6 222.5 219.0 215.5 Brazil 229.1 226.9 226.6 229.4 226.4 219.2 219.1 216.2 207.1 211.4 206.9 193.5 194.3 191.2 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 227.8 227.6 222.2 212.0 209.7 210.4 177.9 196.3 147.1 154.0 140.8 155.4 168.6 165.3 Taiwan 177.9 177.3 166.9 167.5 166.6 143.5 147.6 146.6 153.4 153.5 154.6 156.1 156.0 157.3 Switzerland 145.4 142.5 126.3 144.1 158.4 157.6 118.5 118.1 108.0 108.3 106.2 108.8 107.7 106.1 Russia 142.5 149.5 145.1 147.5 149.9 138.1 141.7 151.7 110.7 115.2 125.4 127.8 130.5 139.3 United Kingdom 2/ 142.3 112.4 124.8 106.7 117.0 181.2 141.0 135.7 347.0 344.5 333.2 326.2 296.7 277.6 Luxembourg 138.7 150.6 127.1 126.6 128.0 114.7 114.1 121.7 69.0 66.7 76.2 79.8 77.2 79.1 Belgium 135.5 135.2 133.2 132.4 132.1 87.1 86.6 88.8 33.6 31.4 31.6 32.2 31.9 32.1 Hong Kong 130.3 121.7 107.9 113.3 111.6 102.0 105.9 112.4 118.4 121.6 121.9 121.6 123.9 127.6 Ireland 81.8 95.2 69.6 66.2 62.4 51.4 52.2 53.9 36.1 33.5 40.0 43.8 41.8 44.2 Singapore 72.8 75.2 70.1 70.7 70.5 61.0 65.7 64.4 61.7 57.1 59.8 55.1 65.1 55.8 Germany 61.8 60.7 68.0 68.2 66.1 62.1 63.0 63.8 62.0 61.2 61.3 59.8 58.3 61.0 Norway 57.0 56.7 40.3 37.0 39.6 28.1 23.7 26.5 20.4 21.1 21.1 21.4 20.8 19.4 Thailand 54.7 51.6 56.0 49.9 49.0 47.6 58.4 55.8 62.6 59.8 60.7 57.1 57.6 56.5 Canada 49.9 45.4 48.7 46.4 45.1 46.6 46.8 44.7 86.8 93.1 90.1 93.7 93.2 85.5 Korea 49.1 47.3 42.1 42.7 38.5 36.3 33.4 33.9 29.9 32.5 30.8 32.5 31.2 31.9 India 44.1 43.5 38.4 40.1 41.2 40.1 40.3 41.3 38.9 41.0 42.1 39.8 40.3 40.6 France 40.3 44.7 46.4 47.5 43.4 49.5 43.0 45.4 21.4 22.7 20.0 17.7 30.2 30.2 Philippines 34.1 32.7 31.7 32.2 32.2 30.0 30.0 27.6 22.7 23.8 24.1 23.4 22.7 22.8 Mexico 29.1 29.3 31.6 31.0 31.3 29.9 31.1 31.2 29.3 27.7 26.7 28.1 34.6 34.5 Sweden 28.9 28.9 30.4 30.8 30.9 28.4 28.4 28.4 21.3 20.9 21.4 21.3 17.7 17.0 Poland 28.0 28.5 27.9 28.6 29.6 31.2 31.9 31.1 28.5 27.9 27.4 28.4 27.3 26.3 Turkey 27.2 32.0 40.2 40.5 40.7 40.1 42.8 42.8 41.9 39.3 37.9 36.2 34.3 32.9 Colombia 24.8 23.5 20.0 21.8 21.4 19.8 18.8 18.9 20.1 19.9 19.8 20.2 20.1 19.8 Spain 23.5 24.0 16.3 14.1 13.1 13.3 14.4 12.4 7.2 7.5 7.3 8.1 8.5 8.4 Chile 22.4 23.0 24.9 24.7 22.2 22.0 19.6 20.0 23.1 21.9 18.6 16.7 16.0 15.0 Italy 22.0 22.8 21.2 21.5 21.6 20.7 21.3 20.7 23.7 25.4 24.8 24.2 24.3 24.6 Israel 21.9 19.3 19.3 19.3 20.2 22.0 20.9 21.9 18.3 19.1 19.3 18.9 19.8 19.9 Australia 21.6 21.7 24.0 24.6 23.3 18.9 20.4 21.3 14.0 12.4 13.1 10.3 12.6 14.6 Malaysia 20.5 20.6 18.5 17.8 17.0 15.4 15.3 14.0 12.0 12.7 12.2 11.2 11.3 11.3 Netherlands 19.7 19.4 21.9 22.2 23.1 23.1 23.6 24.2 23.7 23.8 23.7 25.3 25.1 25.4 Denmark 15.9 16.5 13.6 13.6 13.9 12.0 10.8 10.7 8.2 9.9 9.4 9.3 9.1 8.7 South Africa 12.5 12.1 11.3 11.5 10.9 11.0 10.1 10.1 7.8 6.7 7.5 8.4 9.5 9.8 All Other 217.6 214.7 203.5 198.0 193.6 206.4 203.5 206.9 189.1 191.7 194.6 189.6 185.3 188.0 Grand Total 5048.0 5001.9 4988.9 4908.8 4905.0 4752.3 4665.9 4690.7 4514.6 4521.7 4491.3 4477.6 4467.0 4435.7 Of which: For. Official 3640.1 3615.1 3626.4 3598.4 3617.0 3517.2 3510.0 3514.6 3242.0 3242.8 3219.6 3183.3 3193.3 3184.1 Treasury Bills 349.6 357.6 379.0 374.6 387.3 409.2 392.3 411.1 411.1 423.2 421.7 414.9 432.4 438.9 T-Bonds & Notes 3290.5 3257.5 3247.4 3223.7 3229.7 3108.0 3117.7 3103.5 2830.9 2819.6 2798.0 2768.4 2760.9 2745.2 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board March 15, 2012 (countries were re-ordered correctly on April 5). * 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.