MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY
SECURITIES
(in billions of
dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF
PERIOD
2004 2004 2004
2004 2004 2004
2004
COUNTRY
July June May
April Mar Feb
Jan
Japan
695.8 689.3 668.0
652.4 646.3 614.5 583.8
Mainland
China
166.9 164.9 164.1
161.0 157.3 153.8 156.6
United
Kingdom
130.4 126.5 125.3
132.7 122.7 107.0 93.7
Caribbean Banking
Centers 2/
90.9 85.8 68.4
57.1 67.4 60.1
54.7
Korea
61.5 60.5 58.7
59.2 60.4 57.0
59.6
Taiwan
57.6 57.7 57.3
56.8 54.8 55.7 53.1
Hong
Kong
50.4 52.4 52.7
52.1 50.7 53.1
54.0
Germany
49.0 47.7 49.7
50.1 45.7 46.0
47.5
Switzerland
48.1 49.6 47.5
51.0 48.6 48.2
45.1
OPEC
43.9 43.7 45.8
45.0 43.0 41.0
43.3
Mexico
34.1 38.6 36.5
30.6 28.9 28.5
27.5
Canada
33.3 30.6 33.1
33.3 30.7 28.3
26.1
Singapore
26.1 27.0 26.4
27.2 26.7 25.7
23.0
Luxembourg
26.0 26.4 25.6
26.2 27.8 27.7
26.3
Ireland
18.2 16.7 19.2
14.9 14.7 15.7
14.8
Brazil
16.2 13.2 12.9
12.4 13.1 11.3
10.7
Italy
15.7 16.0 16.1
15.7 15.0 14.9
14.7
Turkey
15.0 15.0 15.7
16.3 14.9 14.2
14.5
India
14.9 15.9 15.9
15.9 13.6 13.3
15.7
Netherlands
14.6 14.7 13.6
15.5 12.4 12.6
13.2
Belgium
14.3 14.6 13.7
13.3 12.8 12.9
14.6
Thailand
13.8 11.4 10.9
10.8 11.9 15.3
13.5
Israel
13.6 17.9 18.0
15.5 16.4 14.1
10.5
France
11.9 11.2 11.1
12.3 16.5 12.3
16.0
Spain
10.4 10.7 10.6
11.5 9.3 9.7
10.8
Sweden
9.7 10.1
11.5 9.9 10.5
10.6
9.6
Australia
7.5 6.9
7.3 7.5 10.0
12.6 10.8
All
Other
123.3 117.8 115.8
117.9 115.6 111.1 112.2
Grand
Totals
1813.1 1792.8 1751.4 1724.1 1697.7
1627.2 1575.9
Of which
official
1086.4 1083.7 1067.3 1044.8 1029.5
988.0
961.0
Bills
230.3 231.8 232.9
224.8 231.6 224.0 213.1
Bonds and
notes
856.1 852.0 834.4
820.0 797.9 764.0 747.9
Department of the
Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
September 16,
2004
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1/
Estimated foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury marketable and nonmarketable bills,
bonds and notes
are based on Treasury Foreign
Portfolio Investment Survey benchmarks and on monthly
data
reported under the Treasury International
Capital (TIC) reporting system.
2/ Includes Bahamas,
Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and
Panama.