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 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1144.9 1154.1 1154.7 1160.1 1164.1 1175.3 1151.9 1136.8 1115.1 1112.1 843.7 867.7 900.2 895.2 Japan 907.9 890.3 885.9 882.3 875.9 873.6 860.8 832.5 817.3 799.9 801.2 784.8 793.8 783.3 United Kingdom 2/ 325.2 295.5 277.9 271.6 242.5 209.0 190.5 181.0 107.2 94.5 363.6 350.7 321.1 279.0 Oil Exporters 3/ 222.3 218.8 215.5 211.9 204.3 207.8 215.4 211.7 209.3 210.2 216.3 228.6 232.9 223.4 Brazil 193.5 194.3 197.6 186.1 189.8 183.0 181.0 170.5 167.7 163.8 158.5 161.5 164.4 164.5 Taiwan 156.1 155.9 157.2 155.1 154.4 154.5 153.3 153.4 153.8 151.9 128.6 126.2 126.9 124.8 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 154.8 169.4 166.5 168.1 158.8 146.3 157.7 172.6 164.1 178.9 165.9 166.3 153.2 148.2 Russia 127.8 130.5 139.3 151.0 167.3 176.3 173.3 173.7 175.7 168.2 123.4 126.8 113.1 120.1 Hong Kong 122.1 124.6 128.1 134.2 134.9 135.2 131.9 133.9 131.2 137.0 141.0 145.7 151.8 150.9 Switzerland 111.6 110.4 107.6 107.0 107.0 107.7 110.0 113.0 111.8 106.5 100.1 84.4 80.0 78.8 Canada 93.3 92.9 86.5 76.7 76.7 66.1 56.5 44.9 43.0 35.9 93.7 84.8 81.9 77.1 Luxembourg 81.1 81.0 83.0 86.4 81.9 78.5 86.1 79.0 98.9 97.6 96.6 75.6 76.9 83.9 Germany 59.8 58.3 61.1 60.5 58.6 58.2 57.9 56.8 55.3 52.2 54.0 55.8 54.8 53.7 Thailand 57.1 57.6 56.5 52.0 52.2 52.7 50.4 47.3 40.8 35.7 49.3 46.3 46.9 43.5 Singapore 55.7 66.7 57.8 72.9 62.2 66.4 56.7 55.4 55.3 53.3 50.5 40.6 42.4 45.5 Ireland 44.0 42.0 44.4 45.8 50.0 48.9 51.5 49.5 51.1 55.7 48.3 48.0 45.7 43.3 India 39.8 40.3 40.6 40.5 39.7 40.1 40.0 37.9 38.4 35.4 36.4 29.3 31.0 32.0 Turkey 36.2 34.3 32.9 28.9 29.1 27.8 27.8 29.7 26.7 25.7 25.5 27.6 27.9 28.7 Korea, South 32.5 31.2 31.9 36.2 39.8 39.4 38.7 39.9 37.6 37.0 38.7 37.8 38.7 40.1 Belgium 32.2 32.0 32.1 33.2 33.4 33.4 33.8 51.9 34.3 34.8 17.2 17.6 18.5 17.1 Poland 28.4 27.3 26.3 25.5 27.2 28.8 28.4 26.6 24.8 25.7 23.2 23.4 24.6 23.4 Mexico 28.1 34.6 34.4 33.5 32.6 34.8 36.8 36.1 33.5 33.1 33.2 34.2 33.1 36.1 Netherlands 25.1 24.9 25.4 22.7 22.1 22.0 23.1 25.1 24.2 24.7 17.3 17.6 19.6 19.2 Italy 24.2 24.3 24.6 23.7 23.6 23.7 24.1 23.6 23.2 22.7 20.1 20.8 20.3 20.5 Philippines 23.4 22.7 22.8 20.1 19.2 18.5 18.5 19.3 20.3 20.0 14.3 14.4 15.0 14.6 Norway 21.4 20.8 19.4 19.6 19.0 18.0 18.1 17.5 16.3 15.4 16.1 15.2 15.0 14.6 Sweden 21.3 17.7 17.0 16.8 15.2 16.1 15.4 16.8 17.7 17.6 16.5 13.4 15.3 16.3 Colombia 20.2 20.1 19.8 20.2 20.3 16.7 16.3 16.5 16.4 16.4 17.0 15.7 15.7 16.2 Israel 18.9 19.8 19.9 20.6 20.5 17.9 17.6 16.3 17.9 18.3 18.4 20.1 19.9 22.0 France 17.7 30.2 30.2 15.0 20.1 23.5 23.3 26.1 19.8 24.2 36.0 37.9 40.6 39.8 Chile 16.7 16.0 15.0 13.9 13.4 13.4 13.0 13.0 13.1 12.0 12.2 12.0 12.0 11.9 Egypt 15.3 14.9 20.7 26.0 29.8 30.5 30.6 29.2 25.9 25.0 29.4 28.0 21.1 21.4 Malaysia 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.5 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.7 11.7 11.1 11.1 10.5 10.9 11.0 Australia 10.3 12.6 14.7 14.9 14.9 15.7 18.0 15.5 19.2 18.4 14.5 14.1 17.9 14.4 All Other 199.1 196.9 194.4 193.0 200.5 201.5 204.2 206.7 206.8 199.1 171.1 174.6 168.1 163.4 Grand Total 4479.2 4474.3 4453.0 4437.9 4412.5 4372.9 4324.1 4271.8 4125.3 4069.9 4002.8 3958.1 3951.1 3877.8 Of which: For. Official 3175.7 3186.3 3176.9 3188.4 3211.6 3227.2 3192.1 3144.1 3099.2 3071.4 2690.3 2690.8 2715.1 2703.3 Treasury Bills 414.9 432.4 438.9 462.3 499.2 531.3 495.4 486.9 473.5 454.4 454.4 466.9 498.5 501.3 T-Bonds & Notes 2760.8 2753.9 2738.0 2726.1 2712.5 2695.9 2696.7 2657.2 2625.8 2617.0 2235.9 2223.8 2216.6 2202.0 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board May 16, 2011 1/ 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. http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt