Release Date: June 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.-Apr.2020/r Oct.2019 Nov.2019 Dec.2019 Jan.2020 Feb.2020 Mar.2020/r Apr.2020/p
1 Total Reported 5,236 -134,628 -445,134 -16,758 -39,597 41,074 25,594 4,885 -298,910 -176,703
 
2 Foreign countries 8,776 -132,526 -444,962 -16,576 -39,921 40,933 25,383 4,915 -298,953 -176,307
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -178,924 -331,176 -128,641 -41,530 -23,876 -6,529 -18,678 -2,374 -61,203 -46,386
 
4 Europe 5,063 104,006 -91,444 36,737 7,992 22,450 17,438 17,519 -70,440 -55,961
5 Belgium -16,879 -26,527 -8,443 -1,551 -3,584 -1,508 -1,788 -3,379 -1,884 -1,392
6 France 64,741 40,893 -6,702 11,886 -3,327 -538 4,589 3,725 -8,206 -6,810
7 Germany -9,446 9,438 -10,150 -1,089 573 242 -4,070 1,006 -6,282 -804
8 Ireland -31,167 -40,907 -23,624 -3,080 -229 -6,281 -2,119 45 -15,658 -5,893
9 Luxembourg -29,123 -14,568 -13,781 -855 1,629 3,884 -4,750 -1,208 -2,041 -5,781
10 Netherlands -8,866 -1,134 -3,677 232 -1,302 404 175 -1,577 -625 -1,650
11 Norway -5,967 -3,873 -8,539 -888 1,863 -148 -968 -574 -2,776 -4,221
12 Sweden -1,497 -2,831 -634 -490 -157 -927 -414 284 -88 -416
13 Switzerland 2,517 -3,878 1,013 -173 1,262 3,813 -92 -774 -701 2,580
14 United Kingdom 100,215 148,281 -15,104 33,127 7,946 25,201 24,620 21,063 -31,799 -28,988
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 5,007 16,608 6,130 223 1,809 899 1,510 1,005 2,909 706
16 Other Europe -64,473 -17,497 -7,933 -605 1,510 -2,590 745 -2,097 -3,288 -3,292
17 Canada 21,786 53,211 -1,569 393 8,200 1,062 6,624 4,932 -7,824 -5,301
 
18 Latin America 7,343 -31,537 -21,518 -11,336 -7,082 -4,368 1,218 -77 -19,654 -3,005
19 Brazil 6,175 -36,742 -8,869 -6,786 -5,658 -6,087 -47 -105 -9,952 1,235
20 Mexico 1,391 1,064 -6,814 -2,590 -486 -530 726 -551 -7,699 710
21 Venezuela 316 1,490 612 -14 3 17 22 724 -164 30
22 All other Latin America -539 2,651 -6,447 -1,946 -941 2,232 517 -145 -1,839 -4,980
 
23 Caribbean 90,375 -88,625 -206,561 -13,769 -40,119 11,410 9,928 -34,386 -116,501 -65,602
 
24 Asia -107,144 -173,720 -124,153 -29,690 -8,814 9,747 -10,590 15,085 -83,811 -44,837
25 China, Mainland -34,715 -119,396 -41,013 -16,646 -15,352 882 -16,230 -11,675 -8,026 -5,082
26 Hong Kong 1,851 17,299 -14,631 1,224 3,666 4,596 1,780 12,908 -23,489 -5,830
27 Japan -13,627 -12,797 13,164 -2,922 10,318 7,129 11,897 13,399 -11,075 -1,057
28 Korea 3,735 2,133 -6,281 -1,091 470 1,586 -1,477 -576 -7,374 3,146
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 5,474 -49,459 -32,043 -5,459 -292 -3,250 -2,483 40 -12,207 -17,393
30 All other Asia -69,862 -11,500 -43,349 -4,796 -7,624 -1,196 -4,077 989 -21,640 -18,621
 
31 Africa -6,390 453 2,109 212 -50 25 720 957 -8 440
32 African oil exporters3 372 1,268 603 84 -56 304 395 26 352 -170
 
33 Other countries -2,257 3,686 -1,826 877 -48 607 45 885 -715 -2,041
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -3,540 -2,102 -172 -182 324 141 211 -30 43 -396
  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: June 26, 2020