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MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD

Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep
Country 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006
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Japan 582.2 585.6 610.4 612.7 614.8 614.4 611.2 616.2 627.0 622.7 615.8 618.1 618.1
China, Mainland 396.7 400.2 409.0 406.3 408.6 415.3 421.1 417.1 402.1 398.0 394.1 392.2 389.7
United Kingdom 2/ 266.4 244.0 210.6 193.2 170.6 136.5 148.9 122.7 105.1 93.7 76.1 61.7 61.6
Oil Exporters 3/ 125.7 123.3 123.3 121.8 120.9 111.7 112.3 110.3 111.4 110.0 106.4 107.2 113.7
Brazil 109.4 106.7 104.7 93.7 81.6 79.7 69.7 60.7 53.7 52.1 51.0 46.4 44.9
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 71.4 76.3 43.2 50.7 54.7 83.1 87.4 73.0 75.5 79.8 93.5 72.5 69.6
Luxembourg 61.0 63.9 64.3 62.7 62.3 61.9 61.9 59.9 59.5 60.1 60.5 59.5 58.7
Hong Kong 55.6 56.2 58.9 60.3 58.5 56.2 58.3 57.2 54.5 53.8 51.0 50.6 49.7
Taiwan 52.6 52.2 57.3 57.3 57.2 59.1 58.0 57.3 59.1 59.3 59.4 60.8 61.3
Korea 45.7 48.9 50.7 50.0 52.1 54.1 57.9 56.9 62.3 66.7 64.5 65.7 65.7
Germany 44.1 44.6 44.0 48.2 51.4 49.7 47.5 47.8 49.8 45.9 45.5 46.1 46.3
Singapore 33.7 34.9 33.4 33.1 34.4 32.2 28.8 31.3 29.9 31.3 30.9 31.1 34.0
Mexico 32.7 32.9 37.6 36.6 35.5 35.5 35.3 35.0 36.6 34.9 38.6 40.5 40.4
Switzerland 30.8 31.3 31.1 32.1 31.8 32.2 32.8 32.7 33.7 34.3 35.6 36.9 37.0
Turkey 26.6 27.6 26.9 27.1 27.0 26.2 27.6 25.4 25.0 23.0 23.4 22.3 23.6
Canada 23.1 24.9 29.2 30.5 33.6 29.8 31.5 30.1 28.3 26.9 27.2 28.9 28.8
Thailand 21.8 20.1 19.7 17.8 18.7 16.8 17.8 16.8 16.6 16.9 16.1 15.7 15.9
Netherlands 19.7 21.2 20.3 21.2 19.9 21.3 21.4 21.5 20.1 20.7 20.5 20.0 18.1
Sweden 15.6 16.5 16.3 15.9 15.7 15.1 15.2 15.2 14.3 12.3 11.9 12.0 12.9
France 13.3 16.8 21.3 20.9 20.9 19.8 20.8 23.1 27.9 26.4 30.4 26.7 17.6
Poland 13.2 13.0 13.7 12.9 11.8 12.2 12.2 12.7 12.5 13.9 13.9 14.1 12.8
Russia 13.0 13.1 17.1 14.7 11.8 7.7 7.4 8.1 8.5 7.0 7.0 7.5 6.4
Italy 12.9 12.7 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.9 13.4 13.5 13.2 16.0 13.8 13.6
Ireland 12.5 12.9 11.7 11.9 12.0 8.5 11.7 12.5 12.2 11.5 14.8 15.7 14.6
Belgium 11.3 11.3 12.1 11.9 12.1 12.9 12.3 13.0 12.3 13.6 13.0 13.3 13.8
Israel 10.9 11.6 11.3 12.4 13.8 13.8 14.1 13.4 12.5 12.3 11.7 11.3 9.2
All Other 144.9 128.4 121.3 134.0 151.7 159.4 169.4 171.9 168.3 174.5 175.8 163.8 147.3
Grand Total 2247.0 2231.0 2212.7 2203.5 2196.7 2178.5 2206.5 2155.0 2132.4 2114.8 2104.6 2054.4 2025.3

Of which:
For. Official 1440.4 1427.6 1453.4 1445.1 1450.4 1460.4 1468.0 1453.5 1450.9 1451.2 1452.9 1443.6 1426.0
Treasury Bills 178.1 179.8 176.0 160.7 172.5 178.0 194.9 181.8 181.4 176.8 186.2 178.5 179.4
T-Bonds & Notes 1262.4 1247.7 1277.4 1284.3 1277.9 1282.5 1273.1 1271.7 1269.5 1274.4 1266.7 1265.1 1246.6

Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
November 16, 2007

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.