MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD New 5/ Old 5/ Series Series Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Mar Feb Country 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 744.2 739.6 727.4 713.2 684.1 618.2 573.7 550.0 535.1 503.8 506.8 502.0 490.6 486.9 Japan 661.9 634.8 626.0 625.2 629.6 617.5 630.3 637.6 628.0 580.4 575.3 588.8 597.4 583.3 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 189.1 176.6 197.5 205.0 203.5 169.3 132.9 117.6 106.6 122.4 104.5 117.4 108.7 103.9 Oil Exporters 3/ 181.7 186.6 186.2 187.2 176.7 171.2 169.6 162.9 159.5 170.3 164.2 153.8 150.7 146.1 Brazil 130.8 133.5 127.0 136.1 141.0 148.3 152.6 154.8 158.0 151.6 151.4 149.5 149.1 146.6 Russia 130.1 119.6 116.4 108.0 110.8 99.6 104.2 104.0 95.2 65.3 63.7 60.2 42.4 38.4 United Kingdom 2/ 129.1 123.9 130.9 132.4 133.2 112.8 82.5 66.1 55.0 279.1 271.2 246.8 200.1 180.5 Luxembourg 92.3 87.2 97.4 94.4 100.8 104.7 90.4 89.7 102.6 83.2 75.2 81.8 89.8 80.4 Hong Kong 76.3 71.7 77.2 70.6 69.8 65.5 65.8 65.2 65.8 61.2 61.4 63.1 60.5 57.5 Taiwan 72.6 73.3 71.8 70.2 65.9 63.0 66.2 67.9 66.5 39.6 38.9 42.2 40.8 38.4 Switzerland 68.2 62.1 62.3 63.8 62.0 49.7 45.9 45.7 45.1 44.3 41.9 42.4 41.2 39.4 Germany 56.6 56.4 56.1 54.0 53.7 51.6 51.8 51.7 51.6 40.8 44.9 43.6 42.1 41.7 Ireland 54.5 50.0 54.3 41.3 35.1 32.9 18.9 16.9 19.9 13.9 15.6 18.3 17.6 15.4 Thailand 39.7 37.2 32.4 33.9 33.6 27.4 30.4 30.6 31.2 32.4 32.8 27.9 25.7 30.5 Singapore 39.4 38.3 40.8 38.8 34.0 32.2 31.9 32.8 31.7 30.3 30.6 33.5 33.3 33.5 Mexico 37.9 34.9 34.8 33.8 32.2 32.5 32.6 34.3 41.1 41.9 39.6 37.3 38.3 36.1 India 34.6 32.5 29.2 22.3 18.3 20.3 20.2 19.0 17.7 11.7 10.3 10.5 11.8 14.4 Korea 33.3 31.3 31.3 32.7 36.2 40.2 42.1 39.4 40.6 36.4 38.4 40.4 40.7 41.3 Turkey 32.4 31.3 30.8 29.0 27.9 31.5 34.3 32.7 30.5 30.3 28.9 31.1 28.7 28.5 Norway 21.1 21.9 23.1 20.2 11.5 13.2 2.4 2.8 4.4 43.3 47.1 45.3 44.5 34.0 Egypt 19.1 16.9 17.2 16.8 16.7 15.5 14.5 15.1 14.1 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.0 Israel 17.4 16.9 18.8 13.8 12.4 8.7 7.6 8.1 9.8 5.9 5.3 6.2 6.5 7.1 France 16.8 17.9 16.8 18.4 20.5 19.3 21.2 17.1 15.4 -- -- -- 1.5 3.9 Italy 16.5 15.6 16.0 15.9 15.3 11.6 12.9 11.0 11.4 10.2 11.3 10.3 11.1 11.1 Netherlands 16.1 16.8 15.4 15.6 15.7 15.6 16.9 17.8 17.8 15.0 15.6 15.5 15.0 14.0 Chile 15.2 15.2 15.2 15.1 15.4 13.4 13.0 13.6 12.2 11.7 11.1 10.2 9.7 8.6 Belgium 14.5 15.5 15.9 15.3 15.8 15.4 14.8 15.0 15.4 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.2 Sweden 12.7 12.4 12.7 13.1 13.5 13.6 14.7 14.4 14.4 12.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.6 Philippines 12.6 11.6 11.7 11.5 12.1 12.0 12.3 12.4 12.4 8.8 9.0 9.9 10.8 10.4 Colombia 11.4 11.3 11.1 11.5 11.3 9.9 9.0 9.3 9.2 7.6 7.6 6.5 6.7 6.9 Canada 10.9 9.0 8.2 12.7 14.0 16.0 23.5 22.3 23.8 28.4 30.3 25.8 21.9 22.3 All Other 173.4 170.5 164.9 165.0 157.7 147.3 149.3 146.1 145.1 126.6 126.3 127.8 130.0 126.1 Grand Total 3162.0 3072.2 3076.9 3036.6 2980.3 2800.1 2688.4 2624.0 2587.2 2633.5 2597.5 2586.5 2505.8 2426.1 Of which: For. Official 2198.1 2165.8 2138.7 2104.1 2063.7 1981.0 1944.8 1926.9 1910.9 1751.7 1743.9 1743.3 1707.3 1682.3 Treasury Bills 521.2 486.9 457.9 427.2 360.6 276.8 245.6 232.5 226.6 226.6 219.9 215.7 201.9 205.0 T-Bonds & Notes 1676.9 1678.9 1680.8 1676.9 1703.1 1704.2 1699.2 1694.4 1684.3 1525.0 1523.9 1527.6 1505.3 1477.3 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board April 15, 2009 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.