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 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 1258.0 1270.5 1268.8 1271.2 1270.3 1263.4 1261.0 1223.7 1239.1 1244.3 1250.4 1252.7 1266.3 Japan 1177.1 1197.0 1200.8 1197.1 1214.9 1215.9 1224.7 1224.4 1238.6 1230.9 1241.5 1222.4 1221.8 Carib Bkg Ctrs 4/ 321.8 329.0 323.6 317.7 311.2 295.4 292.6 281.6 273.1 272.4 269.3 263.9 250.2 Oil Exporters 3/ 291.3 293.2 298.4 296.7 296.8 292.9 297.3 296.8 290.8 285.9 278.9 281.8 279.4 Brazil 251.6 255.3 257.9 256.3 258.5 262.7 261.5 259.9 256.5 255.8 264.2 261.7 262.3 Switzerland 227.6 222.7 218.4 217.0 222.7 215.8 211.8 201.7 205.5 190.1 183.8 184.3 186.2 Ireland 222.5 216.4 216.6 217.8 209.0 215.7 214.3 206.5 203.7 202.0 193.9 188.5 178.8 United Kingdom 2/ 213.9 222.8 212.9 215.0 199.5 195.6 200.3 192.3 207.4 188.9 174.3 171.3 167.8 Hong Kong 198.6 193.2 182.8 181.3 186.3 183.1 180.7 175.4 170.8 172.6 165.6 161.0 159.0 Luxembourg 191.0 184.8 185.2 183.9 177.0 171.0 176.7 179.2 176.0 171.8 166.6 162.5 156.1 Taiwan 178.1 172.5 172.4 175.6 174.2 170.3 168.2 165.9 170.6 174.4 170.6 172.9 173.4 Belgium 135.8 110.7 155.5 207.7 202.8 228.9 252.8 345.3 354.6 335.4 335.7 348.1 353.9 Singapore 122.8 116.0 112.7 113.7 110.3 109.7 110.6 109.7 109.7 110.0 110.1 108.0 108.5 India 113.5 115.6 116.4 117.0 114.0 110.3 107.7 101.7 91.2 83.0 80.5 77.5 80.0 Russia 89.1 89.9 82.1 72.0 70.6 66.5 69.9 69.6 82.2 86.0 108.1 108.9 117.7 Germany 83.4 80.2 80.0 74.9 76.0 76.3 72.2 68.6 69.6 72.7 73.0 72.5 75.0 Mexico 78.7 79.9 85.9 86.2 86.4 87.4 85.0 82.2 85.8 84.8 80.7 78.5 76.5 Norway 69.8 69.4 66.5 67.2 64.8 66.6 71.6 73.2 73.6 81.6 74.5 77.2 81.8 Korea 69.4 72.1 74.4 76.7 74.3 71.8 67.2 63.8 65.6 68.3 55.4 57.3 54.5 Canada 69.2 66.8 69.2 68.1 70.9 72.0 73.1 70.5 69.7 69.0 64.1 62.5 64.6 Turkey 68.9 72.9 75.4 75.8 78.5 77.8 76.2 79.5 82.4 77.0 80.5 75.7 74.7 France 49.8 56.2 49.3 67.8 51.1 74.9 80.4 70.2 75.5 79.2 67.3 59.7 72.3 Philippines 41.9 41.1 40.8 39.9 39.0 39.4 39.1 39.8 40.8 40.6 40.5 39.7 35.2 Sweden 40.2 40.8 40.7 40.0 39.1 38.9 38.6 38.7 38.3 39.6 39.0 38.9 36.0 Netherlands 39.3 38.7 39.2 36.8 37.1 37.6 38.7 36.6 36.9 36.2 36.2 36.3 35.6 Colombia 36.8 37.2 36.8 37.6 36.7 35.4 35.2 35.9 35.9 34.7 35.9 35.2 33.8 Spain 34.5 34.5 31.7 31.6 31.2 31.4 32.4 29.4 27.1 27.7 25.2 21.1 21.7 Italy 33.9 32.0 32.0 33.0 32.9 32.7 32.5 31.7 32.5 31.9 31.6 30.6 29.5 Thailand 31.9 34.2 32.7 31.4 31.0 29.0 31.0 34.0 33.3 33.2 36.1 36.4 33.5 Australia 31.3 29.4 30.9 34.1 32.1 33.8 36.3 34.8 33.0 34.5 34.3 33.4 35.4 Poland 28.4 27.6 27.9 28.2 28.5 27.6 28.3 29.3 29.6 27.7 27.6 28.0 28.5 Chile 27.8 28.3 29.2 29.0 28.5 28.3 28.6 25.7 25.2 25.5 24.1 24.7 26.4 Kazakhstan 25.4 24.9 24.4 28.4 28.5 27.1 29.7 32.0 31.3 31.6 35.1 35.4 35.0 Denmark 18.4 17.8 18.3 17.1 17.3 16.4 16.6 16.6 17.0 16.7 16.0 16.3 16.2 Israel 17.4 14.9 16.3 20.0 19.9 20.9 22.0 23.5 24.6 25.2 26.1 26.7 26.5 Vietnam 12.6 12.9 13.3 13.6 13.7 13.4 13.7 13.9 14.0 14.0 13.7 13.3 13.7 Peru 11.3 11.5 11.3 11.6 10.9 10.8 11.2 10.8 10.3 10.9 10.4 10.4 11.2 South Africa 10.6 10.4 9.4 9.4 8.8 10.3 8.8 9.2 9.5 9.3 10.4 10.3 10.9 All Other 178.0 175.3 176.5 176.3 178.9 180.4 173.9 178.1 185.9 180.5 183.6 176.6 179.2 Grand Total 6101.7 6098.7 6116.5 6174.8 6133.9 6137.5 6172.3 6161.7 6217.0 6156.0 6114.8 6062.1 6069.2 Of which: For. Official 4143.3 4173.5 4171.2 4176.8 4173.3 4144.9 4138.6 4097.4 4134.7 4122.6 4142.6 4132.9 4148.0 Treasury Bills 325.7 353.2 358.7 368.3 376.9 367.6 364.5 351.4 340.1 335.3 342.0 337.1 325.4 T-Bonds & Notes 3817.6 3820.2 3812.4 3808.6 3796.4 3777.3 3774.1 3746.0 3794.6 3787.3 3800.6 3795.8 3822.6 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board, November 17, 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.