MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Country 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1237.9 1246.1 1264.5 1254.8 1258.0 1270.5 1268.8 1271.2 1270.3 1263.4 1261.0 1223.7 1239.1 Japan 1123.5 1122.6 1144.9 1149.2 1177.1 1197.0 1200.8 1197.1 1214.9 1215.9 1224.7 1224.4 1238.6 Carib Bkg Ctrs 4/ 350.5 351.7 336.6 322.2 322.7 329.2 323.9 318.5 311.4 295.6 292.8 281.6 273.1 Oil Exporters 3/ 293.0 292.5 289.0 291.4 291.3 293.2 298.4 296.7 296.8 292.9 297.3 296.8 290.8 Brazil 255.7 254.8 255.0 255.0 251.6 255.3 257.9 256.3 258.5 262.7 261.5 259.9 256.5 Ireland 252.2 265.1 246.4 232.9 222.5 216.4 216.6 217.7 209.0 215.7 214.3 206.5 203.7 Switzerland 237.4 231.9 227.1 225.6 227.6 222.7 218.4 217.0 222.7 215.8 211.8 201.7 205.5 United Kingdom 2/ 223.2 218.3 215.4 211.7 215.1 223.9 214.1 215.7 200.1 195.8 200.4 194.0 209.1 Hong Kong 201.6 200.2 196.6 197.0 198.6 193.2 182.8 181.3 186.3 183.1 180.7 175.4 170.8 Luxembourg 200.1 200.5 193.0 188.2 191.0 184.8 185.2 183.4 177.0 171.0 176.7 179.2 176.0 Taiwan 183.3 178.7 177.5 178.1 178.1 172.5 172.4 175.6 174.2 170.3 168.2 165.9 170.6 Belgium 137.5 121.7 143.6 138.3 135.8 110.7 155.5 207.7 202.8 228.9 252.8 345.3 354.6 India 119.8 116.8 115.4 116.6 113.5 115.6 116.4 117.0 114.0 110.3 107.7 101.7 91.2 Singapore 113.9 110.3 108.3 111.6 122.9 116.0 112.7 113.6 110.3 109.7 110.6 109.7 109.7 Russia 96.9 92.1 88.0 82.0 89.1 89.9 82.1 72.0 70.6 66.5 69.9 69.6 82.2 Germany 80.2 74.7 83.9 81.6 83.4 80.2 80.0 74.7 76.0 76.3 72.2 68.6 69.6 Korea 74.2 74.6 72.6 69.1 69.4 72.1 74.4 76.7 74.3 71.8 67.2 63.8 65.6 Canada 70.7 72.4 68.3 66.8 69.2 66.8 69.2 68.1 70.9 72.0 73.1 70.5 69.7 Mexico 69.9 72.2 68.0 72.5 78.7 79.9 85.9 86.2 86.4 87.4 85.0 82.2 85.8 Norway 68.1 69.1 69.7 70.1 69.8 69.4 66.5 67.2 64.8 66.6 71.6 73.2 73.6 Turkey 59.8 64.6 67.1 61.9 68.9 72.9 75.4 75.8 78.5 77.8 76.2 79.5 82.4 France 58.4 61.6 58.9 51.6 51.7 58.3 51.4 55.9 51.1 74.9 80.4 70.2 75.5 Netherlands 50.5 49.2 45.2 44.6 39.8 38.7 39.2 36.7 37.1 37.6 38.7 36.6 36.9 Philippines 42.6 43.0 42.8 41.7 41.9 41.1 40.8 39.9 39.0 39.4 39.1 39.8 40.8 Sweden 40.8 39.4 39.6 40.2 40.2 40.8 40.7 40.0 39.1 38.9 38.6 38.7 38.3 Thailand 39.7 39.1 36.3 34.5 31.9 34.2 32.7 31.4 31.0 29.0 31.0 34.0 33.3 Spain 37.1 36.2 35.2 33.8 34.5 34.5 31.7 31.5 31.2 31.4 32.4 29.4 27.1 Italy 36.2 34.6 34.1 34.6 33.9 32.0 32.0 32.9 32.9 32.7 32.5 31.7 32.5 Colombia 36.2 37.0 36.9 36.0 36.8 37.2 36.8 37.6 36.7 35.4 35.2 35.9 35.9 Poland 33.2 30.2 29.8 30.2 28.4 27.6 27.9 28.2 28.5 27.6 28.3 29.3 29.6 Australia 32.1 30.6 30.2 27.6 31.3 29.4 30.9 34.0 32.1 33.8 36.3 34.8 33.0 Chile 28.5 27.3 27.9 27.7 27.8 28.3 29.2 29.0 28.5 28.3 28.6 25.7 25.2 Kazakhstan 23.7 22.6 24.8 23.8 25.4 24.9 24.4 28.4 28.5 27.1 29.7 32.0 31.3 Denmark 22.7 21.1 19.0 18.4 18.4 17.8 18.3 17.1 17.3 16.4 16.6 16.6 17.0 Israel 18.3 20.8 18.1 16.2 17.4 14.9 16.3 20.0 19.9 20.9 22.0 23.5 24.6 Peru 12.4 12.5 11.6 11.2 11.3 11.5 11.3 11.6 10.9 10.8 11.2 10.8 10.3 Vietnam 12.1 12.3 12.4 12.6 12.6 12.9 13.3 13.6 13.7 13.4 13.7 13.9 14.0 All Other 208.8 199.7 192.1 186.3 188.7 185.7 185.9 185.7 187.8 190.7 182.6 187.3 195.4 Grand Total 6183.1 6148.1 6125.7 6047.7 6106.3 6102.1 6120.0 6163.1 6134.8 6137.9 6172.6 6163.4 6218.7 Of which: For. Official 4093.6 4094.6 4116.6 4099.2 4147.5 4178.0 4173.7 4178.9 4173.3 4144.9 4138.6 4097.4 4134.7 Treasury Bills 329.6 336.7 326.4 307.3 328.0 355.7 359.2 368.3 376.9 367.6 364.5 351.4 340.1 T-Bonds & Notes 3763.9 3757.9 3790.2 3791.9 3819.4 3822.4 3814.5 3810.6 3796.4 3777.3 3774.1 3746.0 3794.6 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board March 15, 2016 * Includes holdings of Treasury bonds and notes as reported on TIC Form SLT, "Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign Residents" 1/ The data in this table are collected primarily from U.S.-based custodians and broker-dealers. 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). 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 Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba; Bahamas; Bermuda; Cayman Islands; Curacao; Sint Maarten; and Panama. Beginning with new series for June 2006, also includes British Virgin Islands.