MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Country 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1270.5 1268.8 1271.2 1270.3 1263.4 1261.0 1223.7 1239.1 1244.3 1250.4 1252.7 1266.3 1269.7 Japan 1197.0 1200.8 1197.1 1214.9 1215.9 1226.9 1224.4 1238.6 1230.9 1241.5 1222.4 1221.8 1230.1 Carib Bkg Ctrs 4/ 329.0 323.6 318.6 311.6 295.6 293.0 282.1 273.7 272.4 269.3 264.2 250.6 247.4 Oil Exporters 3/ 293.2 298.4 296.7 296.8 292.9 297.3 296.8 290.8 285.9 278.9 281.8 279.4 267.5 Brazil 255.3 257.9 256.3 258.5 262.7 261.5 259.9 256.5 255.8 264.2 261.7 262.3 261.7 United Kingdom 2/ 222.8 212.9 214.7 199.5 195.6 200.6 192.3 207.4 188.9 174.3 171.3 167.8 172.7 Switzerland 222.7 218.4 217.1 222.7 215.8 211.8 201.7 205.5 190.1 183.8 184.3 186.2 189.1 Ireland 216.4 216.6 217.7 209.0 215.7 214.3 206.5 203.6 202.0 193.9 188.5 178.8 176.1 Hong Kong 193.2 182.8 181.3 186.3 183.1 180.7 175.4 170.8 172.6 165.6 161.0 159.0 160.5 Luxembourg 184.8 185.2 184.0 177.0 171.0 176.8 179.2 176.0 171.8 166.6 162.5 156.1 150.5 Taiwan 172.5 172.4 175.6 174.2 170.3 168.2 165.9 170.6 174.4 170.6 172.9 173.4 172.9 Singapore 116.0 112.7 113.7 110.3 109.7 110.6 109.7 109.7 110.0 110.1 108.0 108.5 106.3 India 115.6 116.4 117.0 114.0 110.3 107.7 101.7 91.2 83.0 80.5 77.5 80.0 80.4 Belgium 110.7 155.5 207.7 202.8 228.9 252.8 345.3 354.6 335.4 335.7 348.1 353.9 359.9 Russia 89.9 82.1 72.0 70.6 66.5 69.9 69.6 82.2 86.0 108.1 108.9 117.7 118.1 Germany 80.2 80.0 75.3 76.0 76.3 72.2 68.6 69.6 72.7 73.0 72.5 75.0 69.4 Mexico 79.9 85.9 86.3 86.4 87.4 85.0 82.2 85.8 84.8 80.7 78.5 76.5 75.2 Turkey 72.9 75.4 75.8 78.5 77.8 76.2 79.5 82.4 77.0 80.5 75.7 74.7 73.4 Korea 72.1 74.4 76.7 74.3 71.8 67.2 63.8 65.6 68.3 55.4 57.3 54.5 56.9 Norway 69.4 66.5 66.1 64.8 66.6 71.6 73.2 73.6 81.6 74.5 77.2 81.8 87.0 Canada 66.8 69.2 68.6 71.3 72.5 73.6 70.9 70.0 69.0 64.1 63.0 65.4 65.0 France 56.2 49.3 67.8 51.1 74.9 80.4 70.2 75.5 79.2 67.3 59.7 72.3 59.0 Philippines 41.1 40.8 39.9 39.0 39.4 39.1 39.8 40.8 40.6 40.5 39.7 35.2 34.6 Sweden 40.8 40.7 40.0 39.1 38.9 38.6 38.7 38.3 39.6 39.0 38.9 36.0 36.3 Netherlands 38.7 39.2 36.8 37.1 37.6 38.7 36.6 36.9 36.2 36.2 36.3 35.6 33.6 Colombia 37.2 36.8 37.8 36.8 35.6 35.4 36.0 36.1 34.7 35.9 35.2 33.8 34.8 Spain 34.5 31.7 31.6 31.2 31.4 32.4 29.4 27.1 27.7 25.2 21.1 21.7 21.8 Thailand 34.2 32.7 31.4 31.0 29.0 31.0 34.0 33.3 33.2 36.1 36.4 33.5 40.8 Italy 32.0 32.0 33.0 32.9 32.7 32.5 31.7 32.5 31.9 31.6 30.6 29.5 30.8 Australia 29.4 30.9 34.1 32.1 33.8 36.3 34.8 33.0 34.5 34.3 33.4 35.4 33.9 Chile 28.3 29.2 29.0 28.5 28.3 28.6 25.7 25.2 25.5 24.1 24.7 26.4 27.0 Poland 27.6 27.9 28.2 28.5 27.6 28.3 29.3 29.6 27.7 27.6 28.0 28.5 29.4 Kazakhstan 24.9 24.4 28.4 28.5 27.1 29.7 32.0 31.3 31.6 35.1 35.4 35.0 36.1 Denmark 17.8 18.3 17.1 17.3 16.4 16.6 16.6 17.0 16.7 16.0 16.3 16.2 16.2 Israel 14.9 16.3 20.0 19.9 20.9 22.0 23.5 24.6 25.2 26.1 26.7 26.5 26.4 Vietnam 12.9 13.3 13.6 13.7 13.4 13.7 13.9 14.0 14.0 13.7 13.3 13.7 14.6 Peru 11.5 11.3 11.6 10.9 10.8 11.2 10.8 10.3 10.9 10.4 10.4 11.2 11.4 South Africa 10.4 9.4 9.4 8.8 10.3 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.3 10.4 10.3 10.9 10.3 All Other 175.3 176.5 176.2 178.9 180.4 173.9 178.1 186.2 180.5 183.6 176.6 179.2 182.3 Grand Total 6098.7 6116.5 6175.3 6134.8 6138.4 6175.9 6162.9 6218.3 6156.0 6114.8 6063.0 6070.3 6069.4 Of which: For. Official 4173.5 4157.8 4164.3 4160.5 4132.3 4127.1 4086.5 4124.8 4113.1 4133.5 4124.1 4139.9 4157.3 Treasury Bills 353.2 358.7 368.3 376.9 367.6 364.5 351.4 340.1 335.3 342.0 337.1 325.4 338.6 T-Bonds & Notes 3820.2 3799.1 3796.0 3783.6 3764.7 3762.7 3735.1 3784.7 3777.8 3791.5 3787.0 3814.5 3818.8 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board October 16, 2015 * 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.