MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Country 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Japan 583.8 578.7 592.2 600.7 586.6 586.9 581.2 590.9 601.7 591.9 595.8 620.6 622.9 China, Mainland 503.8 506.8 502.0 490.6 486.9 492.6 477.6 458.9 459.1 467.7 471.2 480.0 477.3 United Kingdom 2/ 280.4 272.5 247.8 201.1 181.1 161.9 158.1 174.3 155.0 120.3 99.8 67.3 50.0 Oil Exporters 3/ 170.4 164.3 153.9 150.8 146.1 140.9 137.9 138.7 141.6 137.1 134.7 134.7 133.2 Brazil 151.6 151.4 149.5 149.1 146.6 141.7 129.9 121.7 113.9 110.5 107.7 105.8 94.8 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 122.4 104.7 115.4 107.1 103.0 108.1 116.4 107.4 105.6 99.1 103.8 70.7 78.2 Luxembourg 88.6 80.4 84.8 92.7 83.1 68.4 69.7 68.3 63.3 58.4 57.1 57.6 55.9 Russia 65.3 63.7 60.2 42.4 38.4 35.2 32.7 33.5 33.6 31.8 31.9 35.9 33.5 Hong Kong 61.2 61.4 63.2 60.6 57.5 54.4 51.2 51.7 51.3 52.6 53.2 55.9 57.3 Switzerland 44.4 42.1 42.5 41.2 39.4 39.3 38.9 38.1 37.8 37.0 37.4 37.2 38.3 Norway 43.3 47.1 45.3 44.5 34.0 33.6 26.2 27.6 25.5 22.9 6.4 -- 3.1 Mexico 42.5 40.4 38.0 38.8 36.5 35.6 34.4 32.0 30.5 30.0 30.2 34.9 33.9 Germany 40.9 45.0 43.7 42.2 42.2 42.7 41.7 39.1 41.8 41.8 42.3 41.7 45.9 Taiwan 40.9 40.1 42.6 41.2 38.8 38.9 38.2 37.1 40.7 39.9 39.5 44.6 44.7 Korea 36.5 38.5 40.5 40.7 41.4 42.1 39.2 37.8 37.0 39.4 42.6 44.4 43.7 Thailand 32.4 32.8 27.9 25.7 30.5 28.9 27.4 27.5 22.8 24.7 22.9 22.5 20.6 Singapore 30.4 30.6 33.5 33.3 33.5 38.6 39.8 40.2 38.8 36.6 37.8 36.3 36.0 Turkey 30.3 28.9 31.1 28.7 28.5 28.2 25.6 25.6 28.1 28.3 29.2 28.5 28.7 Canada 28.4 30.3 25.9 22.0 22.7 24.4 18.7 24.1 15.9 17.3 18.8 23.3 24.6 Netherlands 15.1 15.7 15.5 15.1 14.1 15.9 15.2 14.2 14.8 15.1 16.6 15.7 16.5 Ireland 14.2 15.8 18.5 17.8 15.6 15.6 18.7 17.5 17.0 16.3 16.8 15.6 15.8 Poland 13.3 12.4 12.5 11.6 10.2 10.3 12.9 11.1 9.8 10.6 10.5 11.1 10.4 Sweden 12.4 13.2 13.1 13.2 13.6 13.4 13.7 14.1 14.5 14.8 15.7 15.5 15.1 Belgium 12.4 12.4 12.5 12.8 13.2 13.1 13.2 14.2 14.6 14.6 14.6 15.4 15.2 Egypt 12.3 12.8 12.7 12.7 12.0 11.6 10.4 10.6 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.2 10.0 Chile 11.7 11.1 10.1 9.7 8.6 9.0 8.7 8.5 7.5 6.8 7.6 7.4 7.3 India 11.7 10.3 10.5 11.8 14.4 14.6 14.9 14.8 14.9 10.8 12.1 14.1 14.0 Italy 10.6 11.7 10.6 11.3 11.3 12.7 14.6 15.5 14.1 13.4 13.2 13.9 14.0 All Other 135.3 136.0 138.0 144.1 144.3 145.1 145.9 142.2 138.0 136.0 137.9 140.4 151.0 Grand Total 2646.5 2611.2 2594.1 2513.8 2434.1 2403.8 2353.2 2337.1 2299.2 2235.3 2217.5 2201.0 2192.0 Of which: For. Official 1750.8 1742.7 1742.7 1706.6 1681.6 1688.0 1641.1 1619.1 1613.8 1607.7 1595.1 1621.0 1612.6 Treasury Bills 225.8 218.8 215.1 201.3 204.3 207.1 196.3 185.3 180.4 178.3 180.0 176.2 160.9 T-Bonds & Notes 1525.0 1523.9 1527.6 1505.3 1477.3 1480.9 1444.8 1433.8 1433.4 1429.4 1415.1 1444.7 1451.7 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board August 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.