MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES (in billions of dollars) HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD New 5/ Old 5/ Series Series Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Country 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Japan 592.2 600.7 586.6 586.9 581.2 590.9 601.7 591.9 595.8 620.6 622.9 612.9 615.0 614.6 China, Mainland 502.0 490.6 486.9 492.6 477.6 458.9 459.1 467.7 471.2 480.0 477.3 405.2 407.5 414.2 United Kingdom 2/ 251.4 202.9 181.4 157.9 156.7 172.3 151.4 125.1 101.5 67.3 50.0 192.2 169.5 135.4 Oil Exporters 3/ 153.9 150.8 146.1 140.9 137.9 138.7 141.6 137.1 134.7 134.7 133.2 122.1 121.1 112.0 Brazil 149.5 149.1 146.6 141.7 129.9 121.7 113.9 110.5 107.7 105.8 94.8 93.7 81.6 79.7 Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 115.4 107.1 103.0 108.1 116.4 107.4 105.6 99.1 103.8 70.7 78.2 42.8 47.2 75.6 Luxembourg 84.8 92.7 83.1 68.4 69.7 68.3 63.3 58.4 57.1 57.6 55.9 62.6 62.2 61.8 Hong Kong 63.1 60.5 57.4 54.3 51.0 51.6 51.1 52.5 53.1 55.9 57.3 60.5 58.6 56.3 Russia 60.2 42.4 38.4 35.2 32.7 33.5 33.6 31.8 31.9 35.9 33.5 14.7 11.8 7.7 Norway 45.3 44.5 34.0 33.6 26.2 27.6 25.5 22.9 6.4 -- 3.1 -- -- 2.1 Germany 44.0 42.5 42.5 43.0 41.7 39.1 41.8 41.8 42.3 41.7 45.9 48.3 51.4 49.8 Taiwan 42.6 41.2 38.8 38.9 38.2 37.1 40.7 39.9 39.5 44.6 44.7 57.5 57.4 59.2 Switzerland 42.5 41.2 39.4 39.3 38.9 38.1 37.8 37.0 37.4 37.2 38.3 32.2 31.9 32.3 Korea 40.5 40.7 41.4 42.1 39.2 37.8 37.0 39.4 42.6 44.4 43.7 50.0 52.1 54.1 Mexico 38.0 38.8 36.5 35.5 34.4 32.0 30.5 30.0 30.2 34.9 33.9 36.6 35.5 35.5 Singapore 33.3 33.1 33.3 38.3 39.7 40.1 38.8 36.6 37.8 36.3 36.0 33.0 34.4 32.1 Turkey 31.1 28.7 28.5 28.2 25.6 25.6 28.1 28.3 29.2 28.5 28.7 27.1 27.0 26.2 Thailand 27.9 25.7 30.5 28.9 27.4 27.5 22.8 24.7 22.9 22.5 20.6 17.8 18.7 16.8 Canada 24.0 19.4 21.4 23.0 17.5 22.8 15.5 17.6 19.2 23.3 24.6 30.5 33.6 29.8 Ireland 18.5 17.8 15.6 15.6 18.7 17.5 17.0 16.3 16.8 15.6 15.8 12.0 12.0 8.5 Netherlands 15.5 15.1 14.1 15.9 15.2 14.2 14.8 15.1 16.6 15.7 16.5 21.2 20.0 21.3 Sweden 13.1 13.2 13.6 13.4 13.7 14.1 14.5 14.8 15.7 15.5 15.1 15.7 15.4 14.8 Egypt 12.7 12.7 12.0 11.6 10.4 10.6 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.2 10.0 6.4 6.3 6.0 Belgium 12.5 12.8 13.2 13.1 13.2 14.2 14.6 14.6 14.6 15.4 15.2 11.9 12.1 12.9 Poland 12.5 11.6 10.2 10.3 12.9 11.1 9.8 10.6 10.5 11.1 10.4 12.9 11.8 12.2 Italy 10.6 11.3 11.3 12.7 14.6 15.5 14.1 13.4 13.2 13.9 14.0 13.5 13.4 13.3 India 10.5 11.8 14.4 14.6 14.9 14.8 14.9 10.8 12.1 14.1 14.0 12.8 15.3 20.0 All Other 154.2 159.2 156.6 157.3 157.8 153.5 146.4 144.6 147.0 147.7 158.4 145.6 162.1 162.3 Grand Total 2601.8 2518.2 2436.7 2401.5 2353.5 2336.4 2296.0 2242.2 2221.0 2201.0 2192.0 2191.7 2185.0 2166.7 Of which: For. Official 1742.7 1706.6 1681.6 1688.0 1641.1 1619.1 1613.8 1607.7 1595.1 1621.0 1612.6 1443.1 1448.4 1458.4 Treasury Bills 215.1 201.3 204.3 207.1 196.3 185.3 180.4 178.3 180.0 176.2 160.9 160.9 172.7 178.1 T-Bonds & Notes 1527.6 1505.3 1477.3 1480.9 1444.8 1433.8 1433.4 1429.4 1415.1 1444.7 1451.7 1282.1 1275.7 1280.3 Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board June 16, 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. 5/ New series reflect new benchmark survey taken in this month. Estimated positions based on the previous survey are shown for comparison.