U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS 

EMBARGOED UNTIL 4 p.m. (EDT), April 29, 2011 

CONTACT Treasury Public Affairs, (202) 622-2960

REPORT ON FOREIGN HOLDINGS OF U.S. SECURITIES AT END-JUNE 2010 

The final results from the survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2010 

are released today on the U.S. Treasury web site at (http://www.treasury.gov/resourcecenter/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx). A revised table on Major Foreign Holders of 

Treasury Securities, where estimates through end-February 2011 are based in part on survey 

data, is also released at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chartcenter/tic/Documents/mfh.txt). 

This annual survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of 

New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The next survey will be 

for end-June 2011 and preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2012. 

Complementary surveys measuring U.S. holdings of foreign securities are also carried out 

annually. Data from the most recent survey, reporting on securities held on year-end 2010, are 

currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2011. 

Overall Results

The survey measured foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2010, to be $10,691 

billion, with $2,814 billion held in U.S. equities, $6,921 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities1

(of which $1,159 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) 2 and $5,763 billion are 

holdings of non-ABS securities), and $956 billion held in U.S. short-term debt securities. The 

previous survey, conducted as of June 30, 2009, measured total foreign holdings of U.S. 

securities at $9,641 billion, with holdings of $2,252 billion in U.S. equities, $6,240 billion in 

U.S. long-term debt securities, and $1,149 billion in U.S. short-term debt securities (see Table 1). 

1. Long-term debt securities have an original term-to-maturity of over one year. 

2. Asset-backed securities are backed by pools of assets, such as pools of residential home mortgages or credit card 

receivables, which give the security owners claims against the cash flows generated by the underlying assets. 

Unlike most other debt securities, these securities generally repay both principal and interest on a regular basis, 

reducing the principal outstanding with each payment cycle. 
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Table 1. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by type of security, as of recent survey dates

(Billions of dollars) 

Type of Security June 30, 2009 June 30, 2010

 

Long-term Securities 8,492 9,736 

 Equity 2,252 2,814 

 Long-term debt 6,240 6,921 

 Asset-backed 1,260 1,159 

 Other 4,979 5,763 

Short-term debt securities 1,149 956 

 

Total 9,641 10,691 

Of which: Official 3,880 4,346 

Table 2. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, for the major 

investing countries into the U.S., as of June 30, 2010 

(Billions of dollars) 

 Country or category Total Equities Long-term debt Short-term

 ABS Other debt

1 China (Mainland)1 1,611 127 299 1,180 5 

2 Japan 1,393 224 121 979 69 

3 United Kingdom 798 324 48 404 22 

4 Cayman Islands 743 290 122 249 82 

5 Luxembourg 622 172 45 323 82 

6 Canada 424 298 9 105 12 

7 Belgium 408 19 42 341 6 

8 Switzerland 397 162 22 189 25 

9 Ireland 356 77 62 118 99 

10 Middle East Oil Exporters2 350 128 17 132 73 

11 Hong Kong 293 33 84 88 88 

12 Bermuda 249 44 48 129 28 

13 Netherlands 247 152 22 67 5 

14 Taiwan 228 12 32 181 3 

15 Germany 195 57 38 92 8 

16 France 194 115 19 50 10 

17 Singapore 176 91 4 73 8 

18 Russia 170 * * 122 48 

19 Brazil 169 2 * 135 33 

20 Norway 136 90 13 32 1 

21 Korea, South 122 13 35 68 6 

22 Australia 118 74 4 34 6 

23 British Virgin Islands 85 42 3 24 16 

24 Mexico 84 17 2 60 5 

25 Sweden 81 49 1 26 5 

 Country Unknown 138 1 * 135 2 

 Rest of the World 904 201 67 427 209 

Total 10,691 2,814 1,159 5,763 956 

 of which: Foreign Official 4,346 426 466 2,970 484 

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million. 

1. Excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, which are reported separately. 

2. Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.