MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD New 5/ Old 5/ Series Series Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Country 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 739.6 727.4 713.2 684.1 618.2 573.7 550.0 535.1 503.8 506.8 502.0 490.6 486.9 492.6 Japan 634.8 626.0 625.2 629.6 617.5 630.3 637.6 628.0 580.4 575.3 588.8 597.4 583.3 585.6 Oil Exporters 3/ 186.3 186.2 187.2 176.7 171.2 169.6 162.9 159.5 170.3 164.2 153.8 150.7 146.1 140.8 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 176.6 197.5 205.0 203.5 169.3 132.9 117.6 106.4 122.2 104.5 117.4 108.7 103.9 109.2 Brazil 133.5 127.0 136.1 141.0 148.3 152.6 154.8 158.0 151.6 151.4 149.5 149.1 146.6 141.7 United Kingdom 2/ 124.2 130.9 132.4 133.2 112.8 82.5 66.1 55.0 279.1 271.2 246.8 200.1 180.5 161.8 Russia 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 35.2 Luxembourg 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 66.1 Taiwan 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 38.9 Hong Kong 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 54.4 Switzerland 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 39.2 Germany 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 42.3 Ireland 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 15.6 Singapore 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 38.6 Thailand 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 28.9 Mexico 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 35.2 India 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 14.6 Turkey 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 28.2 Korea 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 42.1 Norway 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 33.6 France 17.9 16.8 18.4 20.5 19.3 21.2 17.1 15.4 -- -- -- 1.5 3.9 4.3 Israel 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 7.6 Egypt 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 11.6 Netherlands 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 15.8 Italy 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 12.6 Belgium 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 13.1 Chile 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 9.1 Sweden 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 13.4 Philippines 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 10.3 Colombia 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 7.1 All Other 179.4 173.1 177.7 171.7 163.3 172.7 168.4 168.0 154.1 156.5 153.6 151.9 148.4 150.1 Grand Total 3072.2 3076.9 3036.6 2980.3 2800.1 2688.4 2624.0 2586.0 2632.4 2597.5 2586.5 2505.8 2426.1 2399.3 Of which: For. Official 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 1689.9 Treasury Bills 486.9 457.9 427.2 360.6 276.8 245.6 232.5 226.6 226.6 219.9 215.7 201.9 205.0 209.0 T-Bonds & Notes 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 1480.9 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board March 16, 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.