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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 2013

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Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2011 2012/r Jan.-Apr.2013/r Oct.2012/r Nov.2012/r Dec.2012/r Jan.2013/r Feb.2013/r Mar.2013 Apr.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 417,225 -14,197 13,976 24,723 30,121 32,289 2,682 5,289 -54,457
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 418,206 -10,464 13,563 25,004 28,480 29,970 1,686 8,934 -51,054
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 209,856 5,942 7,116 -3,512 8,366 53,128 -6,697 -16,816 -23,673
 
4 Europe 229,563 148,676 16,810 -12,508 9,336 4,836 6,050 -4,941 18,828 -3,127
5 Belgium -533 -6,856 -6,417 -481 -1,790 -232 -287 -83 -3,654 -2,392
6 France 84,481 84,162 35,357 15,888 6,215 6,228 5,869 6,531 23,077 -120
7 Germany 4,304 7,073 -1,642 -286 2,205 -2,572 1,883 -377 -852 -2,296
8 Ireland -11,611 -14,049 5,706 -4,966 -2,281 4,251 1,130 1,211 1,629 1,736
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,222 -17,644 -687 1,685 -1,467 -7,716 -7,979 1,160 -3,110
10 Netherlands 174 -1,730 1,636 -448 -60 -291 636 -51 -39 1,090
11 Norway 5,190 12,694 -1,367 1,528 445 -1,063 825 163 -745 -1,610
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,350 -865 747 -43 -1,544 -1,281 1,163 -502 -245
13 Switzerland 6,224 53,024 -10,874 1,693 -1,687 611 -548 -4,785 -5,167 -374
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,436 13,455 -18,364 9,055 10,135 -1,407 3,731 2,453 8,678
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -1,896 -749 288 -154 34 -220 -407 173 -295
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,610 215 -7,420 -4,254 -9,254 7,167 -4,058 1,294 -4,189
17 Canada 17,668 57,238 -1,696 5,480 6,637 8,793 -544 -1,052 2,866 -2,966
 
18 Latin America 66,878 44,128 4,529 6,708 2,848 -1,224 5,510 4,213 -637 -4,557
19 Brazil 47,408 2,310 598 2,387 491 -4,583 86 2,586 1,143 -3,217
20 Mexico -4,524 26,227 -986 2,767 2,318 2,985 3,662 1,680 -4,710 -1,618
21 Venezuela -56 -261 47 234 0 -19 54 10 -7 -10
22 All other Latin America 24,050 15,852 4,870 1,320 39 393 1,708 -63 2,937 288
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -5,266 -29,326 -3,188 16,664 -9,910 -30,248 10,488 167 -9,733
 
24 Asia 108,145 167,023 -588 16,720 -11,215 25,637 49,141 -6,416 -11,989 -31,324
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,158 48,706 9,554 -902 18,520 44,490 10,691 -1,504 -4,971
26 Hong Kong 9,669 -61 -3,700 -432 -77 -1,660 -528 -429 -1,428 -1,315
27 Japan 148,498 86,324 -16,469 5,269 -1,393 3,144 4,482 -7,588 278 -13,641
28 Korea -4,646 1,326 -744 794 976 -283 -663 -680 -152 751
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -8,422 2,931 -721 -1,722 2,083 2,213 176 -229 771
30 All other Asia 4,709 14,698 -31,312 2,256 -8,097 3,833 -853 -8,586 -8,954 -12,919
 
31 Africa 1,996 -423 1,139 -490 -23 -494 461 -188 -157 1,023
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,784 883 22 160 32 201 -24 106 600
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,830 -1,332 841 757 842 -400 -418 -144 -370
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 -981 -3,733 413 -281 1,641 2,319 996 -3,645 -3,403
  1. Official and private transactions in marketable U.S. Treasury securities having an original maturity of more than one year. Data are based on monthly transactions reports. Excludes nonmarketable U.S. Treasury bonds and notes held by official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  2. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.  Return to table
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Last update: June 28, 2013