Release Date: April 2020
Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (Table 3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2018 2019 Jan.-Feb.2020/r Aug.2019 Sep.2019 Oct.2019 Nov.2019 Dec.2019 Jan.2020/r Feb.2020/p
1 Total Reported 5,236 -134,628 30,479 -38,392 -40,029 -16,758 -39,597 41,074 25,594 4,885
 
2 Foreign countries 8,776 -132,526 30,298 -38,524 -38,950 -16,576 -39,921 40,933 25,383 4,915
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -178,924 -331,176 -21,052 -50,530 -52,827 -41,530 -23,876 -6,529 -18,678 -2,374
 
4 Europe 5,063 104,006 34,957 31,484 14,966 36,737 7,992 22,450 17,438 17,519
5 Belgium -16,879 -26,527 -5,167 -2,390 -1,884 -1,551 -3,584 -1,508 -1,788 -3,379
6 France 64,741 40,893 8,314 4,582 8,629 11,886 -3,327 -538 4,589 3,725
7 Germany -9,446 9,438 -3,064 875 -590 -1,089 573 242 -4,070 1,006
8 Ireland -31,167 -40,907 -2,073 712 -6,705 -3,080 -229 -6,281 -2,119 45
9 Luxembourg -29,123 -14,568 -5,958 -4,112 5,516 -855 1,629 3,884 -4,750 -1,208
10 Netherlands -8,866 -1,134 -1,402 174 -194 232 -1,302 404 175 -1,577
11 Norway -5,967 -3,873 -1,542 95 -2,121 -888 1,863 -148 -968 -574
12 Sweden -1,497 -2,831 -130 198 -548 -490 -157 -927 -414 284
13 Switzerland 2,517 -3,878 -866 -647 1,076 -173 1,262 3,813 -92 -774
14 United Kingdom 100,215 148,281 45,683 28,602 9,952 33,127 7,946 25,201 24,620 21,063
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 5,007 16,608 2,515 2,194 2,388 223 1,809 899 1,510 1,005
16 Other Europe -64,473 -17,497 -1,352 1,201 -553 -605 1,510 -2,590 745 -2,097
17 Canada 21,786 53,211 11,556 806 -556 393 8,200 1,062 6,624 4,932
 
18 Latin America 7,343 -31,537 1,141 -1,569 -15,281 -11,336 -7,082 -4,368 1,218 -77
19 Brazil 6,175 -36,742 -152 -1,516 -11,555 -6,786 -5,658 -6,087 -47 -105
20 Mexico 1,391 1,064 175 581 -43 -2,590 -486 -530 726 -551
21 Venezuela 316 1,490 746 1,008 1 -14 3 17 22 724
22 All other Latin America -539 2,651 372 -1,642 -3,684 -1,946 -941 2,232 517 -145
 
23 Caribbean 90,375 -88,625 -24,458 -31,738 -11,561 -13,769 -40,119 11,410 9,928 -34,386
 
24 Asia -107,144 -173,720 4,495 -36,517 -26,907 -29,690 -8,814 9,747 -10,590 15,085
25 China, Mainland -34,715 -119,396 -27,905 -31,957 -7,796 -16,646 -15,352 882 -16,230 -11,675
26 Hong Kong 1,851 17,299 14,688 1,496 -3,065 1,224 3,666 4,596 1,780 12,908
27 Japan -13,627 -12,797 25,296 -520 -768 -2,922 10,318 7,129 11,897 13,399
28 Korea 3,735 2,133 -2,053 -297 -610 -1,091 470 1,586 -1,477 -576
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 5,474 -49,459 -2,443 -4,676 -14,563 -5,459 -292 -3,250 -2,483 40
30 All other Asia -69,862 -11,500 -3,088 -563 -105 -4,796 -7,624 -1,196 -4,077 989
 
31 Africa -6,390 453 1,677 -929 599 212 -50 25 720 957
32 African oil exporters3 372 1,268 421 781 55 84 -56 304 395 26
 
33 Other countries -2,257 3,686 930 -61 -210 877 -48 607 45 885
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -3,540 -2,102 181 132 -1,079 -182 324 141 211 -30
  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 the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, 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. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
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Last Update: April 24, 2020