MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Country 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1316.7 1304.5 1293.8 1268.1 1279.3 1275.8 1297.3 1290.7 1270.3 1251.9 1214.2 1220.4 1183.1 Japan 1186.4 1174.4 1178.1 1149.1 1135.4 1083.3 1103.7 1112.7 1114.3 1105.5 1103.9 1111.2 1117.7 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 290.9 291.9 300.9 301.9 286.6 286.3 281.3 285.0 286.9 284.2 274.1 268.3 266.4 Brazil 246.9 246.7 249.2 252.9 256.4 253.7 255.2 253.1 257.9 256.5 254.1 253.3 255.9 Oil Exporters 3/ 236.2 236.8 245.7 246.5 257.7 256.9 264.5 271.7 265.1 256.8 261.6 262.0 259.1 Belgium 200.6 180.3 172.5 166.8 167.7 176.2 175.2 185.5 188.4 187.3 185.6 138.8 138.5 Taiwan 183.7 184.5 185.9 183.6 185.8 186.1 188.8 185.7 188.9 190.0 192.7 195.4 199.1 Switzerland 176.6 174.3 177.2 181.2 178.2 180.3 182.6 185.8 183.6 186.9 190.0 195.4 192.7 United Kingdom 2/ 161.5 158.5 158.3 159.2 157.0 162.6 155.8 160.2 159.1 138.6 139.4 132.6 133.5 Hong Kong 141.7 137.3 126.5 126.5 120.0 124.2 136.4 141.2 146.6 144.7 142.9 141.9 141.2 Russia 139.9 149.9 140.5 136.0 131.6 138.0 143.4 149.4 153.0 164.9 164.4 161.5 166.2 Luxembourg 130.4 133.3 141.1 143.8 146.8 150.5 143.2 149.7 154.5 151.2 147.6 154.7 148.0 Ireland 116.9 110.9 111.3 120.0 117.9 121.2 120.5 120.5 113.5 109.6 108.3 103.1 97.4 Singapore 87.2 86.3 80.3 79.4 81.5 85.4 85.8 92.3 98.0 109.5 103.7 99.3 95.7 Norway 82.3 78.4 72.2 71.7 74.6 75.7 73.7 74.9 76.4 77.0 76.5 75.1 75.6 Germany 64.3 60.7 61.9 58.7 56.3 58.9 61.9 62.2 64.2 65.1 60.5 63.2 65.3 India 63.9 59.9 56.8 57.0 58.9 61.2 59.9 55.8 55.0 56.8 58.5 59.5 58.8 Mexico 59.5 61.8 63.8 60.4 63.3 61.8 58.4 57.0 57.1 64.3 62.6 61.1 60.5 Canada 57.0 58.0 62.4 60.4 65.6 65.0 60.7 66.2 64.4 65.5 61.7 66.2 59.8 Turkey 53.4 51.5 54.3 58.4 55.0 59.1 60.2 60.4 56.7 55.9 57.7 57.6 55.6 France 51.6 57.7 54.5 51.9 49.8 51.8 60.2 50.6 56.4 53.1 52.2 51.4 59.0 Thailand 49.8 44.5 38.9 40.1 43.7 50.2 54.4 59.3 68.4 65.3 61.6 53.6 56.9 Korea 46.4 50.6 55.6 50.0 51.4 51.2 52.9 53.1 53.1 50.6 48.1 47.6 45.0 Philippines 40.0 39.2 38.1 38.6 38.9 37.1 39.0 39.3 39.7 39.6 39.6 36.8 36.8 Colombia 34.0 32.9 33.4 33.0 33.1 32.7 32.0 30.9 31.2 29.5 30.3 30.2 30.2 Australia 33.7 34.1 34.2 32.9 33.1 35.4 34.6 35.8 29.4 28.9 28.6 27.4 29.0 Sweden 33.6 32.6 32.6 33.4 32.5 32.7 32.4 32.1 32.8 30.2 28.6 27.8 28.5 Poland 31.4 31.2 30.8 32.0 32.1 31.4 31.4 31.6 31.2 31.2 31.8 31.5 30.8 Italy 30.2 29.4 28.8 28.8 27.5 28.5 27.2 28.1 28.5 28.8 28.4 27.5 28.3 Netherlands 29.9 30.4 32.2 31.0 30.4 31.4 30.0 27.3 30.4 30.3 31.7 32.0 29.9 Chile 25.9 26.2 26.7 28.0 29.2 29.6 31.1 32.1 31.9 33.6 32.8 33.0 32.1 Spain 22.8 22.6 21.5 22.1 21.9 22.1 23.0 23.0 23.5 24.5 25.1 27.4 25.8 Israel 20.0 21.6 21.9 23.1 21.2 24.4 26.6 24.5 23.7 23.1 23.1 24.1 26.2 Peru 14.2 14.1 14.5 15.0 15.4 16.2 16.1 15.9 16.0 15.7 15.6 14.5 13.7 Denmark 12.6 11.5 11.6 13.3 13.0 13.5 13.3 13.7 14.0 13.9 14.1 13.8 14.7 Malaysia 11.8 11.8 12.4 13.9 15.9 16.8 17.6 17.6 18.6 18.8 19.3 19.3 19.5 South Africa 11.7 10.6 13.8 13.2 13.8 13.7 13.6 13.6 13.4 13.3 13.1 13.1 13.0 All Other 221.1 213.9 218.7 213.8 214.3 214.2 214.3 221.3 228.9 238.4 237.6 242.4 248.4 Grand Total 5716.9 5655.1 5652.9 5595.8 5592.8 5595.0 5658.1 5709.7 5725.0 5691.1 5621.5 5573.8 5538.2 Of which: For. Official 4074.2 4052.3 4014.5 3973.9 3995.5 4009.1 4072.8 4077.0 4090.7 4097.4 4045.8 4032.2 4009.0 Treasury Bills 384.1 378.6 370.5 373.2 363.0 362.7 379.8 399.2 404.0 385.6 377.1 372.7 383.5 T-Bonds & Notes 3690.1 3673.7 3644.1 3600.6 3632.5 3646.4 3693.0 3677.8 3686.7 3711.8 3668.7 3659.5 3625.5 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board January 16, 2014 1/ Estimated foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury marketable and non-marketable bills, bonds, and notes reported monthly under the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system. Holdings of Treasury bonds and notes are reported on TIC Form SLT, "Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign Residents," including preliminary SLT data for the most recent month. The data in this table are collected primarily from U.S.-based custodians. 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). 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.