MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Country 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Japan 1108.6 1131.9 1136.4 1144.0 1154.6 1147.7 1133.2 1142.8 1137.1 1133.2 1123.6 1122.4 1144.9 China, Mainland 1049.3 1115.7 1157.0 1185.1 1218.8 1240.8 1244.0 1242.8 1244.6 1252.3 1238.0 1246.1 1264.5 Ireland 275.2 272.4 270.9 266.4 269.2 270.3 259.3 257.4 263.7 255.2 252.1 264.4 246.0 Cayman Islands 260.6 262.0 262.1 264.2 264.3 269.4 260.3 259.2 265.2 255.4 250.9 249.8 236.5 Brazil 258.3 254.7 258.1 256.1 254.1 251.6 249.5 249.1 246.4 247.3 255.7 254.8 255.0 Switzerland 229.5 235.2 240.7 237.9 240.8 237.4 228.7 229.6 230.0 236.2 237.6 231.7 227.1 Luxembourg 221.0 216.0 227.2 219.8 223.5 224.6 221.8 221.4 221.3 208.7 200.3 199.6 193.0 United Kingdom 211.9 207.2 217.5 204.8 209.9 231.3 217.0 216.3 226.4 230.6 209.6 207.1 204.5 Hong Kong 185.5 186.3 189.8 191.5 189.6 184.7 191.9 194.5 199.7 201.5 201.5 200.1 196.5 Taiwan 183.1 188.6 189.3 190.0 192.1 187.9 181.5 185.2 182.3 182.7 183.3 178.7 177.5 India 118.7 123.0 122.7 122.9 123.7 117.2 118.0 121.6 118.9 118.8 119.8 116.8 115.4 Belgium 113.5 116.9 142.7 157.0 154.4 156.3 151.7 153.6 153.8 143.0 137.5 121.7 143.6 Saudi Arabia 100.1 96.7 89.4 93.0 96.5 98.3 103.7 113.0 116.8 119.9 123.7 118.9 114.7 Singapore 96.8 99.1 101.3 105.8 103.4 107.7 109.2 109.3 112.7 111.5 113.9 110.3 108.3 Germany 86.8 93.5 102.9 103.7 96.8 99.3 97.1 96.8 90.1 80.5 80.3 74.6 83.9 Russia 86.6 74.6 76.5 87.5 88.2 90.9 88.2 82.5 86.0 87.6 96.9 92.1 88.0 Korea 85.0 86.7 88.5 90.2 85.9 82.1 80.5 83.0 84.1 78.2 74.2 74.6 72.6 Canada 81.2 81.4 85.0 81.9 81.3 85.3 76.6 81.9 81.5 69.4 70.7 72.4 68.3 Thailand 71.1 59.2 49.9 50.7 48.8 48.0 47.7 45.6 43.1 43.0 39.7 39.1 36.3 France 69.7 62.9 71.1 69.7 63.0 53.0 59.3 56.4 68.8 78.5 58.4 61.6 58.9 Bermuda 66.8 65.9 64.3 66.8 66.3 69.1 65.2 62.3 62.9 60.8 58.8 59.8 57.9 United Arab Emirates 63.0 64.4 63.8 64.1 66.0 66.2 61.8 60.1 62.5 64.8 66.7 69.5 68.2 Turkey 55.8 58.3 61.5 56.5 59.7 58.6 50.7 54.7 52.9 53.4 59.8 64.6 67.1 Netherlands 54.2 53.2 52.2 50.7 49.7 51.2 47.6 48.1 49.3 50.7 50.7 49.1 45.2 Norway 47.7 51.6 56.8 53.7 52.9 58.7 61.9 66.2 72.3 69.8 68.1 69.1 69.7 Mexico 47.1 45.9 47.7 46.1 48.3 51.4 59.8 65.9 71.6 72.2 69.9 72.2 68.0 Sweden 39.2 38.7 38.3 40.0 40.0 40.4 40.5 41.1 40.9 41.0 40.8 39.4 39.6 Spain 38.3 38.4 39.5 39.0 39.1 39.6 37.6 37.0 38.1 38.2 37.1 36.2 35.2 Philippines 37.8 38.6 39.0 40.1 41.7 42.4 40.9 41.1 41.3 41.4 42.6 43.0 42.8 Italy 37.6 40.7 42.0 40.6 41.3 39.0 42.3 39.2 37.5 36.8 36.3 34.6 34.1 Australia 36.1 34.4 34.5 32.0 30.7 31.3 30.8 28.9 33.9 33.1 32.1 30.6 30.2 Poland 33.9 33.0 33.5 33.8 33.9 34.2 33.9 33.8 33.7 33.5 33.2 30.2 29.8 All Other 494.2 513.3 503.0 510.8 518.6 514.1 515.1 516.9 515.6 512.7 519.1 511.1 502.1 Grand Total 5944.3 6040.4 6154.9 6196.4 6247.3 6280.0 6207.5 6237.2 6284.8 6242.0 6183.0 6146.2 6125.4 Of which: For. Official 3770.7 3841.5 3901.7 3948.8 4010.5 4037.2 4024.5 4046.2 4071.4 4082.0 4094.2 4093.8 4116.6 Treasury Bills 295.6 295.1 292.1 272.8 276.6 272.5 281.6 284.9 303.0 319.0 329.6 336.7 326.4 T-Bonds & Notes 3475.1 3546.4 3609.6 3676.0 3734.0 3764.7 3742.9 3761.3 3768.4 3763.0 3764.6 3757.1 3790.2 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board January 18, 2017 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 monthly data on holdings of Treasury bonds and notes as reported on TIC Form SLT, Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign Residents and on TIC Form BL2, Report of Customers' U.S. Dollar Liabilities to Foreign Residents.