US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through: January 2018

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

Country                  Jan-18  Dec-17  Nov-17  Oct-17  Sep-17  Aug-17  

China, Mainland           1168.2  1184.9  1176.6  1189.2  1182.3  1201.7 

Japan                     1065.8  1061.5  1084.1  1094.0  1096.0  1101.7 

Ireland                    327.5   326.5   324.3   312.4   310.6   309.0 

Brazil                     265.7   256.8   265.3   270.0   272.8   273.6 

Switzerland                251.1   249.6   250.9   254.0   253.3   248.2 

United Kingdom             243.3   250.0   237.5   225.9   237.4   225.0 

Cayman Islands             241.9   245.8   240.4   247.2   246.9   242.9 

Luxembourg                 220.9   217.6   218.3   217.9   213.9   213.3 

Hong Kong                  194.1   194.7   194.9   192.3   194.4   194.5 

Taiwan                     175.4   180.9   179.9   181.7   183.9   182.0 

India                      148.6   144.7   140.8   141.4   145.1   138.9 

Saudi Arabia               143.6   147.4   147.6   145.2   136.7   137.9 

Belgium                    123.7   119.2   115.3   116.0   104.8    96.9 

Singapore                  122.6   125.0   124.2   130.4   125.2   119.3 

Korea                      101.7    96.2    98.5   100.1    94.3    95.0 

Russia                      96.9   102.2   105.7   105.0   103.9   105.4 

Canada                      85.5    86.1    82.4    78.0    75.0    73.6 

France                      78.4    80.9    76.6    77.9    78.2    76.0 

Germany                     71.0    72.3    71.6    72.9    74.9    73.0 

Bermuda                     67.5    67.0    63.5    62.9    62.4    62.3 

Thailand                    67.2    60.9    68.0    68.4    70.8    71.6 

United Arab Emirates        55.1    57.7    58.2    57.7    54.3    55.9 

Turkey                      49.6    52.6    61.2    61.5    60.8    57.7 

Norway                      46.9    51.1    55.3    60.6    64.1    58.0 

Sweden                      46.3    43.9    44.7    45.3    45.9    44.3 

Netherlands                 45.1    48.6    47.6    45.1    47.5    50.3 

Poland                      40.7    40.0    38.4    38.8    37.3    36.3 

Australia                   37.8    37.5    40.6    38.7    36.9    37.8 

Kuwait                      36.8    36.8    36.8    39.4    38.0    35.6 

Italy                       35.4    35.2    35.6    34.5    35.3    35.4 

Spain                       34.7    33.5    36.2    36.9    38.1    38.2 

Mexico                      33.9    38.7    40.6    41.6    40.5    34.7 

Philippines                 33.8    36.4    35.8    36.4    35.5    36.3 

All Other                  503.5   502.6   508.8   505.0   505.0   487.4 

Grand Total               6260.4  6284.9  6306.2  6324.1  6301.9  6249.4 

Of which:

For. Official             3997.5  4025.7  4054.7  4079.1  4070.4  4051.7 

Treasury Bills             325.0   317.2   339.6   332.2   325.2   324.1 

T-Bonds & Notes           3672.5  3708.5  3715.1  3746.9  3745.2  3727.6 

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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