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These tables will be discontinued with the final table released in April 2022.

The source for these data is the Treasury International Capital System and future data publications can be found on Treasury’s website.

Data were previously published in the Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, which ceased publication in December 2008.

Release Date: February 2022
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 2019 2020 Jan.-Dec.2021/r Jun.2021 Jul.2021 Aug.2021 Sep.2021 Oct.2021 Nov.2021/r Dec.2021/p
1 Total Reported -133,489 -540,043 81,251 10,863 10,192 30,694 1,364 -43,522 66,847 44,202
 
2 Foreign countries -131,387 -537,351 81,507 10,154 10,419 30,881 1,571 -43,468 66,908 43,643
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -331,176 -167,125 -47,317 -19,200 -206 -20,908 -7,582 7,343 -31,851 -9,680
 
4 Europe 105,181 -118,484 177,030 227 -17,037 24,587 22,800 -3,170 70,649 8,167
5 Belgium -26,527 -25,805 -34,011 -1,703 -2,049 -3,455 -4,565 -5,324 -4,430 -2,166
6 France 40,893 -39,622 43,492 8,465 2,724 1,953 6,370 3,102 11,371 9,294
7 Germany 9,438 -1,416 50,188 9,008 152 3,940 4,627 4,990 3,564 -647
8 Ireland -40,907 -54,136 -12,284 -330 1,363 -1,424 -1,321 -433 -3,042 153
9 Luxembourg -14,568 -57,463 -29,142 -1,771 -1,949 -2,227 -3,613 -122 -2,659 -2,084
10 Netherlands -1,134 -128 5,194 -157 -309 351 3,871 -346 416 459
11 Norway -3,873 -5,068 12,411 -936 2,512 1,912 1,359 359 1,413 921
12 Sweden -2,831 -2,833 -1,727 -288 -69 -373 48 44 -434 -204
13 Switzerland -3,878 19,269 10,826 1,281 -922 -3,123 -504 1,768 -588 3,146
14 United Kingdom 149,456 66,707 113,347 -14,758 -20,398 28,871 17,062 -12,244 63,659 2,389
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 16,608 14,015 26,367 3,080 2,182 1,762 115 3,518 2,165 3,463
16 Other Europe -17,497 -32,004 -7,631 -1,664 -274 -3,602 -650 1,518 -786 -6,557
17 Canada 53,175 4,493 7,796 2,338 -1,519 9,159 1,122 2,968 824 2,493
 
18 Latin America -31,537 -8,272 9,551 939 -206 -152 364 -1,296 -9,479 2,903
19 Brazil -36,742 -4,409 -16,197 1,636 -2,033 -516 -371 -771 -5,854 -1,749
20 Mexico 1,064 -4,123 4,895 -263 499 2,184 -915 376 -555 1,698
21 Venezuela 1,490 1,210 154 3 24 -1 9 -10 -460 -21
22 All other Latin America 2,651 -950 20,699 -437 1,304 -1,819 1,641 -891 -2,610 2,975
 
23 Caribbean -88,625 -266,542 -105,532 26,391 34,141 2,374 -30,801 -56,448 10,567 37,981
 
24 Asia -173,720 -149,970 -6,952 -19,985 -5,706 -4,967 8,330 14,806 -5,336 -6,842
25 China, Mainland -119,396 -33,988 20,476 -8,797 8,359 2,784 -3,134 7,056 -8,545 -3,228
26 Hong Kong 17,299 -4,008 11,248 4,767 -940 1,078 5,289 -909 -3,256 -2,213
27 Japan -12,797 -17,793 -7,684 -13,422 -11,458 7,371 7,810 9,933 14,683 4,556
28 Korea 2,133 -2,869 7,503 2,138 -1,915 1,992 577 -391 8,031 -2,450
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -49,459 -34,800 -15,995 -970 -2,664 -3,845 -1,768 -781 -3,059 -1,008
30 All other Asia -11,500 -56,512 -22,500 -3,701 2,912 -14,347 -444 -102 -13,190 -2,499
 
31 Africa 453 7,335 -348 515 1,136 79 -94 -278 -552 -541
32 African oil exporters3 1,268 3,842 -605 325 51 -34 47 -200 -239 -277
 
33 Other countries 3,686 -5,911 -38 -271 -390 -199 -150 -50 235 -518
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,102 -2,692 -256 709 -227 -187 -207 -54 -61 559
  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: March 18, 2022