Press Release
☷Report on Foreign Portfolio Holdings of U S Securities at End June 2021
U.S. Department of the Treasury ( By Press Release office)
Apr 29,2022
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Washington - The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U . S . securities at the end of June 2021 were released today on the Treasury website at https://home . treasury . gov/data/treasury - international - capital - tic - system/us - liabilities - to - foreigners - from - holdings - of - us - securities . The survey was undertaken jointly by Treasury , the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System . The next survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2022; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28 , 2023 . Complementary surveys measuring U . S . holdings of foreign securities are also carried out annually . Data from the most recent survey , reporting on securities held at year - end 2021 , are currently being processed . Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31 , 2022 . The survey measured the value of foreign portfolio holdings of U . S . securities as of June 30 , 2021 , to be $27 , 190 billion , with $13 , 705 billion held in U . S . equities , $12 , 409 billion in U . S . long - term debt securities [/1] ( of which $1 , 562 billion are holdings of asset - backed securities ( ABS ) [/2] and $10 , 847 billion are holdings of non - ABS securities ) , and $1 , 077 billion held in U . S . short - term debt securities . The previous survey , conducted as of June 30 , 2020 , measured the value of total foreign holdings of U . S . securities at $21 , 954 billion , with holdings of $9 , 168 billion in U . S . equities , $11 , 559 billion in U . S . long - term debt securities , and $1 , 228 billion in U . S . short - term debt securities ( see Table A ) . [/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 . Table A . Foreign holdings of U . S . securities , by type of security , as of selected survey dates ( Billions of dollars ) June 30 , 2020June 30 , 2021Long - term securities20 , 72626 , 114Equities9 , 16813 , 705Long - term debt11 , 55912 , 409Asset - backed1 , 4891 , 562Other10 , 07010 , 847Short - term debt securities1 , 2281 , 077Total21 , 95427 , 190Of which: Official6 , 3106 , 471 Table B . Foreign holdings of U . S . securities , by country and type of security , for the major investing countries into the United States , as of June 30 , 2021 ( Billions of dollars ) Country or categoryTotalEquitiesLong - term debtShort - term debt TreasuryAgencyCorporate1Japan2 , 7658661 , 213311308672United Kingdom2 , 6171 , 54046439499743Cayman Islands2 , 4651 , 538141376231264Luxembourg2 , 3011 , 195200377241465Canada1 , 9771 , 49515081231206China , mainland [i]1 , 5752731 , 0582182337Ireland1 , 499821192212931738Switzerland1 , 1847592702398339Belgium92510419585833410Taiwan757110234243165611France68235920614832012Norway614446114*53113Korea , South57032911743661414Singapore5653271784451115Germany562332765141816Netherlands530354711785217Hong Kong4711701989732118Australia46737437542919Bermuda38313835241533420Kuwait371285355232421Sweden35630742*6122Saudi Arabia3231821031122423Brazil2661624811124Denmark25421517*21125India2309210*111Other2 , 4811 , 15977099238215Total27 , 19013 , 7056 , 5741 , 2464 , 5891 , 077 of which: Official6 , 4711 , 4383 , 940648171274* Less than $500 million but more than zero . [i] Excludes Hong Kong and Macau , which are reported separately .
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