US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through:          July 2017

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

In billions of U.S. dollars, holdings at end of period#

Country                    Jul-17  Jun-17  May-17  Apr-17  Mar-17  Feb-17  

China, Mainland            1166.0  1146.5  1102.2  1092.2  1088.1  1059.7 

Japan                      1113.1  1090.8  1111.3  1106.9  1120.5  1115.2 

Ireland                     310.8   302.5   295.8   299.9   313.9   309.1 

Brazil                      271.9   269.7   269.7   267.7   259.5   257.7 

Cayman Islands              259.2   265.2   266.1   256.8   250.4   259.1 

Switzerland                 244.8   244.5   239.5   234.1   227.8   236.3 

United Kingdom              229.7   237.1   234.4   231.5   228.3   217.1 

Luxembourg                  213.0   211.7   207.7   212.1   218.3   217.4 

Hong Kong                   199.1   202.6   196.3   196.6   195.1   200.3 

Taiwan                      182.5   184.4   181.2   185.6   183.8   183.6 

Saudi Arabia                142.5   142.8   134.0   126.8   124.5   116.7 

India                       135.7   130.3   127.3   124.1   117.1   112.3 

Singapore                   112.3   106.4   107.9   107.0   103.1   107.4 

Russia                      103.1   102.9   108.7   104.9    99.8    86.3 

Belgium                      99.4    98.3    98.7    96.4   109.9   105.7 

Korea                        97.9    96.8   100.1    93.8    97.1    96.9 

France                       80.0    72.3    74.4    66.9    69.9    64.4 

Canada                       75.7    76.6    80.2    80.6    77.6    82.0 

Germany                      73.3    68.4    68.3    74.7    77.0    73.1 

Thailand                     67.2    66.1    66.5    69.7    69.3    71.4 

Bermuda                      61.7    60.9    60.9    59.4    59.7    61.4 

United Arab Emirates         59.9    58.9    60.5    60.6    63.0    61.7 

Norway                       54.8    53.8    48.3    51.4    48.9    45.8 

Turkey                       54.5    58.9    49.5    56.4    59.0    58.3 

Netherlands                  50.5    53.1    52.2    49.1    51.2    52.8 

Sweden                       42.7    40.5    40.8    41.1    40.6    39.1 

Spain                        38.2    36.6    38.2    38.6    38.0    37.7 

Philippines                  38.1    37.9    38.2    38.1    36.6    36.9 

Australia                    37.9    38.1    37.0    35.2    37.6    34.6 

Italy                        36.2    36.1    35.6    35.0    35.2    37.5 

Mexico                       35.8    32.3    38.9    40.2    38.8    49.5 

Poland                       35.6    34.1    35.0    33.9    34.9    34.2 

Kuwait                       33.0    31.8    31.6    31.3    32.4    29.8 

Israel                       30.4    30.9    30.9    29.5    29.6    30.2 

All Other                   463.9   451.6   455.7   445.5   442.2   438.8 

Grand Total                6250.3  6171.6  6123.6  6073.7  6079.0  6020.0 

Of which:

For. Official              4034.5  3995.3  3935.2  3911.6  3879.9  3816.1 

Treasury Bills              330.6   330.5   329.3   326.5   317.8   302.4 

T-Bonds & Notes            3703.9  3664.9  3605.9  3585.1  3562.2  3513.7 

Note: Grand total does not reflect sum of available country data.

#Estimated foreign holding of U.S. Treasury marketable and nonmarket-

able bills, bonds and notes are based on Treasury Foreign Portfolio

Investment Survey (FPIS) benchmark and on monthly data reported

under the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system.

*Includes the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Netherland Antilles, Panama.

**Includes Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,

Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria,

Gabon, Libya and Nigeria.

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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