US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through: March 2018

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

Country                Mar-18  Feb-18  Jan-18  Dec-17  Nov-17  Oct-17

China, Mainland        1187.7  1176.7  1168.2  1184.9  1176.6  1189.2

Japan                  1043.5  1059.5  1065.8  1061.5  1084.1  1094.0

Ireland                 317.9   314.0   327.5   326.5   324.3   312.4

Brazil                  286.0   272.9   265.7   256.8   265.3   270.0

United Kingdom          263.7   250.5   243.3   250.0   237.5   225.9

Switzerland             245.4   248.0   251.1   249.6   250.9   254.0

Cayman Islands          242.9   252.2   241.9   245.8   240.4   247.2

Luxembourg              221.6   218.6   220.9   217.6   218.3   217.9

Hong Kong               196.2   196.5   194.1   194.7   194.9   192.3

Taiwan                  170.1   170.7   175.4   180.9   179.9   181.7

India                   157.0   152.9   148.6   144.7   140.8   141.4

Saudi Arabia            151.2   150.9   143.6   147.4   147.6   145.2

Belgium                 125.5   125.7   123.7   119.2   115.3   116.0

Singapore               117.8   118.0   122.6   125.0   124.2   130.4

Korea                   100.4   101.3   101.7    96.2    98.5   100.1

Russia                   96.1    93.8    96.9   102.2   105.7   105.0

Canada                   92.9    89.1    85.5    86.1    82.4    78.0

France                   80.9    77.0    78.4    80.9    76.6    77.9

Germany                  76.5    78.5    71.0    72.3    71.6    72.9

Bermuda                  66.4    67.4    67.5    67.0    63.5    62.9

United Arab Emirates     59.2    57.5    55.1    57.7    58.2    57.7

Thailand                 57.2    68.0    67.2    60.9    68.0    68.4

Sweden                   46.2    46.3    46.3    43.9    44.7    45.3

Mexico                   45.2    35.4    33.9    38.7    40.6    41.6

Netherlands              43.9    44.8    45.1    48.6    47.6    45.1

Turkey                   40.9    45.6    49.6    52.6    61.2    61.5

Poland                   40.3    40.4    40.7    40.0    38.4    38.8

Norway                   40.2    50.4    46.9    51.1    55.3    60.6

Italy                    37.2    36.6    35.4    35.2    35.6    34.5

Kuwait                   36.9    36.3    36.9    36.8    36.8    39.4

Australia                34.1    38.5    37.8    37.5    40.6    38.7

Philippines              32.1    33.0    33.8    36.4    35.8    36.4

Spain                    32.0    32.4    34.7    33.5    36.2    36.9

All Other               508.9   512.3   503.5   502.6   508.8   505.0

Grand Total            6294.0  6291.7  6260.5  6284.9  6306.2  6324.1

For. Official          4049.5  4030.0  3997.6  4025.7  4054.7  4079.1

Treasury Bills          318.6   333.9   325.0   317.2   339.6   332.2

T-Bonds & Notes        3730.9  3696.1  3672.6  3708.5  3715.1  3746.9

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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