MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Country 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Japan 593.4 583.8 578.7 592.2 600.7 586.6 586.9 581.2 590.9 601.7 591.9 595.8 620.6 China, Mainland 518.7 503.8 506.8 502.0 490.6 486.9 492.6 477.6 458.9 459.1 467.7 471.2 480.0 United Kingdom 2/ 290.8 280.4 272.5 247.8 201.1 181.1 161.9 158.1 174.3 155.0 120.3 99.8 67.3 Oil Exporters 3/ 173.9 170.4 164.3 153.9 150.8 146.1 140.9 137.9 138.7 141.6 137.1 134.7 134.7 Brazil 148.4 151.6 151.4 149.5 149.1 146.6 141.7 129.9 121.7 113.9 110.5 107.7 105.8 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 133.5 122.4 104.7 115.4 107.1 103.0 108.1 116.4 107.4 105.6 99.1 103.8 70.7 Luxembourg 75.8 88.6 80.4 84.8 92.7 83.1 68.4 69.7 68.3 63.3 58.4 57.1 57.6 Russia 74.1 65.3 63.7 60.2 42.4 38.4 35.2 32.7 33.5 33.6 31.8 31.9 35.9 Hong Kong 60.6 61.2 61.4 63.2 60.6 57.5 54.4 51.2 51.7 51.3 52.6 53.2 55.9 Switzerland 45.1 44.4 42.1 42.5 41.2 39.4 39.3 38.9 38.1 37.8 37.0 37.4 37.2 Taiwan 42.3 40.9 40.1 42.6 41.2 38.8 38.9 38.2 37.1 40.7 39.9 39.5 44.6 Norway 41.8 43.3 47.1 45.3 44.5 34.0 33.6 26.2 27.6 25.5 22.9 6.4 -- Germany 41.1 40.9 45.0 43.7 42.2 42.2 42.7 41.7 39.1 41.8 41.8 42.3 41.7 Mexico 36.0 42.5 40.4 38.0 38.8 36.5 35.6 34.4 32.0 30.5 30.0 30.2 34.9 Korea 35.3 36.5 38.5 40.5 40.7 41.4 42.1 39.2 37.8 37.0 39.4 42.6 44.4 Turkey 32.4 30.3 28.9 31.1 28.7 28.5 28.2 25.6 25.6 28.1 28.3 29.2 28.5 Thailand 31.8 32.4 32.8 27.9 25.7 30.5 28.9 27.4 27.5 22.8 24.7 22.9 22.5 Singapore 31.4 30.4 30.6 33.5 33.3 33.5 38.6 39.8 40.2 38.8 36.6 37.8 36.3 Canada 26.6 28.4 30.3 25.9 22.0 22.7 24.4 18.7 24.1 15.9 17.3 18.8 23.3 Netherlands 14.9 15.1 15.7 15.5 15.1 14.1 15.9 15.2 14.2 14.8 15.1 16.6 15.7 Poland 13.9 13.3 12.4 12.5 11.6 10.2 10.3 12.9 11.1 9.8 10.6 10.5 11.1 Egypt 13.4 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.0 11.6 10.4 10.6 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.2 Chile 13.1 11.7 11.1 10.1 9.7 8.6 9.0 8.7 8.5 7.5 6.8 7.6 7.4 India 13.0 11.7 10.3 10.5 11.8 14.4 14.6 14.9 14.8 14.9 10.8 12.1 14.1 Sweden 12.4 12.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.6 13.4 13.7 14.1 14.5 14.8 15.7 15.5 Belgium 12.0 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.2 13.1 13.2 14.2 14.6 14.6 14.6 15.4 Ireland 11.2 14.2 15.8 18.5 17.8 15.6 15.6 18.7 17.5 17.0 16.3 16.8 15.6 All Other 139.5 145.8 147.7 148.6 155.4 155.6 157.8 160.6 157.7 152.1 149.4 151.1 154.3 Grand Total 2676.4 2646.5 2611.2 2594.1 2513.8 2434.1 2403.8 2353.2 2337.1 2299.2 2235.3 2217.5 2201.0 Of which: For. Official 1767.6 1751.7 1743.9 1743.4 1706.6 1681.6 1688.0 1641.1 1619.1 1613.8 1607.7 1595.1 1621.0 Treasury Bills 232.5 226.7 220.0 215.7 201.3 204.3 207.1 196.3 185.3 180.4 178.3 180.0 176.2 T-Bonds & Notes 1535.1 1525.0 1523.9 1527.6 1505.3 1477.3 1480.9 1444.8 1433.8 1433.4 1429.4 1415.1 1444.7 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board September 16, 2008 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.