MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Country 2013 2013* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* 2012* ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1222.9 1214.2 1220.4 1183.1 1169.9 1153.6 1155.2 1160.0 1147.0 1164.0 1164.4 1144.0 1155.2 Japan 1097.1 1103.9 1111.2 1117.7 1131.9 1128.5 1120.9 1119.8 1108.4 1107.2 1087.9 1080.4 1088.6 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 286.7 271.8 266.2 263.5 273.5 261.1 263.9 247.6 244.6 243.2 237.3 234.8 232.6 Brazil 260.0 254.1 253.3 255.9 254.1 251.2 259.8 256.5 244.3 245.8 245.9 238.1 228.4 Oil Exporters 3/ 257.2 261.6 262.0 259.1 262.2 267.2 269.1 268.4 270.2 260.6 262.2 262.4 269.5 Taiwan 188.2 192.7 195.4 199.1 197.2 201.7 199.5 194.4 196.4 190.0 187.4 190.1 183.6 Switzerland 185.8 189.9 195.4 192.7 187.8 193.5 191.7 184.8 172.4 155.2 150.4 150.4 145.1 Belgium 184.9 185.6 138.8 138.5 136.4 133.2 130.2 141.3 144.5 132.1 132.1 141.4 125.0 Russia 162.1 164.4 161.5 166.2 171.1 163.5 162.9 156.2 163.8 156.3 155.4 151.1 144.8 Hong Kong 143.2 142.9 141.9 141.2 138.5 137.1 141.7 137.1 136.0 144.1 145.2 140.5 141.5 Luxembourg 141.3 147.9 155.0 148.3 144.7 147.6 138.9 135.1 137.8 131.3 129.2 137.9 137.4 United Kingdom 2/ 132.9 133.6 132.6 133.5 133.2 137.9 137.1 135.4 138.0 137.3 136.7 126.0 118.6 Ireland 109.4 109.9 104.9 99.3 97.4 96.9 94.6 93.2 91.3 93.8 95.2 94.4 96.2 Singapore 103.7 103.7 99.4 95.7 97.5 94.4 96.9 96.4 86.9 83.5 83.1 85.2 84.7 Germany 89.9 89.4 63.2 65.3 64.0 65.5 66.2 66.5 64.0 65.1 62.8 64.7 60.8 Norway 76.9 76.5 75.1 75.6 75.5 73.9 71.4 68.2 68.6 67.9 64.8 60.9 59.3 Thailand 66.0 61.6 53.6 56.9 58.6 64.3 58.7 53.0 53.1 53.5 52.2 54.7 54.3 Mexico 63.7 62.6 61.1 60.5 59.2 56.5 57.2 53.9 51.6 45.8 40.9 35.9 31.8 Canada 63.0 61.5 66.0 59.8 58.3 60.6 61.3 61.3 52.9 55.9 64.0 54.3 53.5 France 59.2 52.2 51.4 59.0 58.7 59.3 52.9 55.2 49.1 50.6 49.8 45.9 39.7 India 57.1 58.5 59.5 58.8 59.6 59.7 60.6 59.3 53.8 50.0 49.3 46.7 44.1 Turkey 55.7 57.7 57.6 55.6 51.6 42.6 34.6 30.3 29.1 27.1 28.1 30.4 30.1 Korea, South 50.1 48.1 47.6 45.0 42.2 42.1 44.1 46.5 44.5 46.3 43.9 42.7 50.8 Philippines 40.1 39.6 36.8 36.8 36.9 37.0 37.1 36.9 35.4 36.5 36.8 37.1 37.1 Chile 33.1 32.8 33.0 32.1 30.9 30.3 30.1 29.7 26.7 26.4 24.5 21.9 22.5 Poland 31.7 31.8 31.5 30.8 30.4 30.0 29.4 28.8 29.9 28.4 28.4 27.5 27.3 Netherlands 31.7 31.7 32.0 29.9 30.7 27.0 27.4 25.8 26.2 26.2 24.8 23.4 23.6 Sweden 29.9 28.6 27.8 28.5 29.0 27.6 28.0 28.5 27.8 27.4 27.6 27.6 28.5 Colombia 29.7 30.3 30.2 30.2 29.9 29.3 27.9 27.6 27.1 26.5 26.9 26.7 25.1 Australia 29.5 28.6 27.4 29.0 26.7 25.7 27.6 26.7 25.3 29.7 25.8 22.5 23.4 Italy 27.2 27.4 27.5 28.3 28.0 27.6 27.5 27.7 27.5 27.1 26.5 24.1 23.3 Spain 23.9 25.1 27.4 25.8 25.3 25.5 24.2 24.5 26.6 21.7 21.2 21.1 21.3 Israel 22.0 23.1 24.1 26.2 28.9 25.8 25.0 23.1 24.6 24.9 23.8 22.9 23.1 Malaysia 18.8 19.3 19.3 19.5 19.5 19.4 19.6 20.1 20.3 20.3 20.1 20.5 20.9 Peru 15.7 15.6 14.5 13.7 13.4 11.9 11.5 11.9 11.8 11.4 10.5 10.1 8.9 Denmark 14.2 14.1 13.8 14.7 14.9 15.2 15.8 15.6 15.3 15.1 14.6 15.4 15.4 South Africa 13.2 13.1 13.1 13.0 12.8 13.0 12.8 13.0 13.2 12.6 12.3 12.2 12.9 All Other 238.9 237.6 242.4 248.5 246.2 238.5 233.4 221.7 227.6 227.1 224.9 221.7 216.2 Grand Total 5656.9 5643.0 5573.8 5537.4 5526.2 5475.4 5446.5 5381.6 5313.5 5267.7 5217.0 5147.6 5105.2 Of which: For. Official 4047.2 4045.8 4032.2 4009.0 3984.3 3958.1 3957.1 3917.4 3857.9 3828.6 3783.4 3722.6 3712.9 Treasury Bills 385.6 377.1 372.7 383.5 379.4 383.8 373.0 356.9 364.5 362.1 347.9 358.2 362.5 T-Bonds & Notes 3661.6 3668.7 3659.5 3625.5 3604.9 3574.3 3584.1 3560.6 3493.4 3466.5 3435.5 3364.3 3350.4 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board April 15, 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.