MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Country 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ China, Mainland 652.9 587.0 542.4 518.7 503.8 506.8 502.0 490.6 486.9 492.6 477.6 458.9 459.1 Japan 585.5 573.2 586.0 593.4 583.8 578.7 592.2 600.7 586.6 586.9 581.2 590.9 601.7 United Kingdom 2/ 360.2 338.3 308.0 291.5 280.4 272.5 247.8 201.1 181.1 161.9 158.2 174.3 155.0 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 219.5 185.3 148.9 133.7 122.4 104.7 115.4 107.1 103.0 108.1 116.7 107.4 105.6 Oil Exporters 3/ 187.7 182.1 180.6 173.9 170.4 164.3 153.9 150.8 146.1 140.9 137.9 138.7 141.6 Brazil 134.5 141.9 146.2 148.4 151.6 151.4 149.5 149.1 146.6 141.7 129.9 121.7 113.9 Luxembourg 86.8 90.8 76.5 75.8 88.6 80.4 84.8 92.7 83.1 68.4 69.7 68.3 63.3 Russia 80.9 69.7 74.4 74.1 65.3 63.7 60.2 42.4 38.4 35.2 32.7 33.5 33.6 Hong Kong 65.2 60.9 61.3 60.6 61.2 61.4 63.2 60.6 57.5 54.4 51.2 51.7 51.3 Switzerland 61.3 49.0 45.2 45.0 44.4 42.1 42.5 41.2 39.4 39.3 38.9 38.1 37.8 Norway 50.5 52.2 41.3 41.8 43.3 47.1 45.3 44.5 34.0 33.6 26.2 27.6 25.5 Germany 43.1 40.9 41.1 41.1 40.9 45.0 43.7 42.2 42.2 42.7 41.7 39.1 41.8 Taiwan 40.3 37.4 40.6 42.3 40.9 40.1 42.6 41.2 38.8 38.9 38.2 37.1 40.7 Thailand 34.8 28.6 31.7 31.8 32.4 32.8 27.9 25.7 30.5 28.9 27.4 27.5 22.8 Mexico 33.9 34.2 34.3 36.0 42.7 40.4 38.0 38.8 36.5 35.6 34.5 32.0 30.5 Singapore 32.6 30.9 30.5 31.4 30.4 30.6 33.5 33.3 33.5 38.6 39.8 40.2 38.8 Korea 32.2 36.1 38.0 35.3 36.5 38.5 40.5 40.7 41.4 42.1 39.2 37.8 37.0 Ireland 29.4 27.2 13.2 11.2 14.2 15.8 18.5 17.8 15.6 15.6 18.7 17.5 17.0 Turkey 27.6 31.3 34.0 32.4 30.3 28.9 31.1 28.7 28.5 28.2 25.6 25.6 28.1 Canada 18.7 20.6 28.1 26.9 28.4 30.3 25.9 22.0 22.7 24.4 18.7 24.1 15.9 Egypt 15.0 13.8 12.8 13.4 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.0 11.6 10.4 10.6 9.9 Chile 14.9 12.9 12.5 13.1 11.7 11.1 10.1 9.7 8.6 9.0 8.7 8.5 7.5 Italy 14.5 10.8 12.1 10.2 10.6 11.7 10.6 11.3 11.3 12.7 14.6 15.5 14.1 Netherlands 13.0 12.9 14.2 15.1 15.1 15.7 15.5 15.1 14.1 15.9 15.2 14.2 14.8 Belgium 12.8 12.3 11.8 12.0 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.2 13.1 13.2 14.2 14.6 India 12.2 14.2 14.2 13.0 11.7 10.3 10.5 11.8 14.4 14.6 14.9 14.8 14.9 Sweden 11.5 11.6 12.7 12.4 12.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.6 13.4 13.7 14.1 14.5 Poland 11.4 12.1 13.7 13.9 13.3 12.4 12.5 11.6 10.2 10.3 12.9 11.1 9.8 All Other 159.8 142.4 142.9 136.2 134.8 136.0 138.0 144.1 144.3 145.1 146.0 142.2 138.0 Grand Total 3042.7 2860.7 2749.0 2684.6 2646.1 2611.2 2594.1 2513.8 2434.1 2403.8 2353.7 2337.1 2299.2 Of which: For. Official 1904.4 1821.7 1785.5 1767.6 1751.7 1743.9 1743.4 1706.6 1681.6 1688.0 1641.1 1619.1 1613.8 Treasury Bills 360.6 276.8 245.6 232.5 226.6 220.0 215.7 201.3 204.3 207.1 196.3 185.3 180.4 T-Bonds & Notes 1543.9 1544.9 1540.0 1535.1 1525.0 1523.9 1527.6 1505.3 1477.3 1480.9 1444.8 1433.8 1433.4 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board December 15, 2008 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.