U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

EMBARGOED UNTIL 4 P.M. (EDT) MAY 31, 2007 

CONTACT Ann Marie Hauser, (202) 622-2960 

Report On Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities At End-June 2006 

The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at endJune 2006 are released today and posted on the U.S. Treasury web site at 

(http://www.treas.gov/tic/fpis.html). 

The 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. Surveys are carried out annually, 

and the next survey will be for end-June 2007. 

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

out annually. Data from the most recent survey, which reports on foreign securities held by U.S. 

residents at year-end 2006, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be 

reported by September 30, 2007. 

Overall Results

The survey measured foreign holdings as of June 30, 2006, of $7,778 billion; with $2,430 billion

held in U.S. equities, $4,733 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities (of which $980 billion were 

holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS)), and $615 billion in U.S. short-term debt securities.1

 

The previous such survey, conducted as of June 30, 2005, measured foreign holdings of $6,864 

billion; with $2,144 billion in U.S. equities, $4,118 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities (of 

which $717 billion were holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS)), and $602 billion in U.S. 

short-term debt securities. 

 

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 Figures for 2006 reflect market prices at end-June 2006. Long-term securities have an original term-to-maturity of 

over one year. 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. 
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, 2005 June 30, 2006

Long-term Securities 6,262 7,162

 Equity 2,144 2,430 

 Long-term debt 4,118 4,733 

 Asset-backed 717 980 

 Other 3,401 3,753 

Short-term debt securities 602 615

Total 6,864 7,778

Of which: Official 1,938 2,301 

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, 2006 

(Billions of dollars) 

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

ABS Other debt

1 Japan 1,106 195 121 706 85 

2 China, mainland1 699 4 122 556 17

3 United Kingdom 640 300 106 218 16 

4 Luxembourg 549 193 69 255 32

5 Cayman Islands 485 178 135 142 31

6 Canada 382 274 22 73 13

7 Belgium 331 21 42 263 4

8 Netherlands 280 158 55 58 9

9 Switzerland 262 145 32 76 9

10 Middle East oil-exporters2 243 111 11 80 41

11 Ireland 232 69 36 62 65

12 Germany 211 73 37 86 16

13 Bermuda 206 60 43 83 20

14 France 164 95 14 42 14

15 Singapore 163 101 7 51 4

16 Taiwan 135 7 25 100 3

17 South Korea 124 1 4 106 13

18 Russia 111 * * 42 68

19 Hong Kong 110 22 12 65 11

20 Australia 109 64 5 32 8

21 Mexico 98 15 2 60 21

22 Sweden 81 48 4 28 1

23 British Virgin Islands 78 46 1 24 6 

24 Norway 75 43 12 16 4

25 Italy 53 29 4 18 2

 Country Unknown 214 * 1 212 1 

Rest of world 637 178 58 299 102 

Total 7,778 2,430 980 3,753 615

Of which: Official 2,301 215 147 1,635 304 

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million. 

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

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

 

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