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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 2013

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2011 2012/r Jan.-Apr.2013/r Oct.2012/r Nov.2012/r Dec.2012/r Jan.2013/r Feb.2013/r Mar.2013/r Apr.2013/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,720,283 7,401,335 2,582,897 703,353 583,612 600,300 670,374 622,170 610,965 679,388
2 Foreign sales 7,695,208 7,293,620 2,560,667 699,636 561,301 575,149 664,154 624,185 604,174 668,154
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,075 107,715 22,230 3,717 22,311 25,151 6,220 -2,015 6,791 11,234
 
4 Foreign countries 24,725 106,739 22,327 3,744 22,317 25,052 6,251 -2,045 6,877 11,244
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 4,452 10,346 6,011 1,235 -90 575 1,340 675 3,195 801
 
6 Europe -32,400 72,061 32,770 -4,165 9,376 17,480 12,657 6,023 7,698 6,392
7 Belgium -3,973 -596 67 -60 110 57 46 -22 252 -209
8 France -26,557 15,713 4,761 -3,858 -231 10,060 3,731 -3,238 4,769 -501
9 Germany 2,118 3,339 4,189 160 861 3,074 2,318 -23 1,806 88
10 Ireland 79 7,313 2,903 0 903 205 547 1,177 400 779
11 Luxembourg -1,570 -1,242 773 -1,256 1,176 238 -32 422 285 98
12 Netherlands -2,155 -3,744 -1,152 -447 567 -30 812 -98 -613 -1,253
13 Switzerland -4,271 11,641 1,375 1,348 1,477 1,167 1,356 1,463 -863 -581
14 United Kingdom 3,037 33,722 14,143 -469 4,011 508 1,988 5,779 800 5,576
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 863 -159 -608 36 193 -24 153 1 -591 -171
16 Canada 14,065 14,548 191 174 3,324 1,839 568 9 -787 401
17 Latin America 1,472 7,199 361 2,590 1,773 1,348 788 -275 794 -946
18 Caribbean 31,789 14,212 -5,586 3,374 6,747 2,171 -4,619 -7,069 330 5,772
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 6,286 4,781 3,706 267 -31 312 2,115 1,470 18 103
20 Other Asia 2,245 -7,419 -10,156 1,287 455 1,066 -5,876 -1,916 -1,423 -941
21 China, Mainland 360 -1,513 2,074 -623 -520 -60 -119 741 894 558
22 Hong Kong 6,460 -100 2,414 -211 232 195 -113 1,809 971 -253
23 Japan 3,400 -8,071 -16,884 499 348 -697 -5,217 -3,347 -6,859 -1,461
24 Africa 862 402 161 140 -50 68 -18 31 86 62
25 Other countries 406 955 880 77 723 768 636 -318 161 401
 
26 International and regional organizations2 350 976 -97 -27 -6 99 -31 30 -86 -10
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,132,565 1,519,705 468,370 150,962 126,851 126,485 116,206 113,199 114,994 123,971
28 Foreign sales 1,051,661 1,386,730 429,293 139,026 117,388 108,334 111,591 111,152 105,536 101,014
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 80,904 132,975 39,077 11,936 9,463 18,151 4,615 2,047 9,458 22,957
 
30 Foreign countries 81,870 131,668 39,149 11,480 9,274 18,239 4,488 1,941 9,618 23,102
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 23,321 -1,253 42,704 -3,034 1,448 -734 5,466 3,899 17,294 16,045
 
32 Europe -15,628 24,376 17,983 2,750 2,604 9,357 3,340 10,050 1,500 3,093
33 Belgium -329 -134 95 -20 -21 -15 32 6 1 56
34 France 8,284 -504 -570 -949 -1,519 1,333 -862 259 -439 472
35 Germany 205 519 860 405 63 406 443 10 146 261
36 Ireland -4,656 -3,652 -1,846 1,487 765 -1,621 -1,490 -24 -219 -113
37 Luxembourg -15,723 23,834 10,851 3,720 2,222 4,736 2,451 7,925 392 83
38 Netherlands 460 -196 -62 30 42 -4 -13 -77 58 -30
39 Switzerland 292 560 -745 -263 -27 -117 -53 -250 -70 -372
40 United Kingdom -3,012 4,555 8,735 -1,616 1,051 4,561 2,633 1,714 1,637 2,751
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 190 -423 192 34 10 -95 3 220 -76 45
42 Canada 3,543 5,250 -2,090 2,764 -1,192 -1,523 -481 191 -860 -940
43 Latin America 13,942 4,552 -454 439 836 -987 1,855 -1,036 -1,897 624
44 Caribbean 13,326 37,468 2,527 1,716 5,812 6,158 -2,587 -993 3,343 2,764
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,699 2,965 1,719 273 182 -542 227 296 1,324 -128
46 Other Asia 64,824 55,000 19,431 2,951 899 5,753 2,225 -6,625 6,199 17,632
47 China, Mainland 17,790 7,180 24,844 -1,394 1,072 704 3,968 -1,830 5,719 16,987
48 Hong Kong 1,008 -2,413 -1,223 -212 -189 -111 -180 -665 198 -576
49 Japan 36,463 22,060 -17,187 2,159 -1,947 3,770 -4,290 -8,509 -3,835 -553
50 Africa 162 627 72 69 -22 7 -26 52 -22 68
51 Other countries 2 1,430 -39 518 155 16 -65 6 31 -11
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -966 1,307 -72 456 189 -88 127 106 -160 -145
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 996,101 867,644 307,631 86,784 67,874 69,766 78,228 78,179 77,342 73,882
54 Foreign sales 1,041,276 891,565 302,986 82,537 59,634 67,161 72,480 68,559 83,568 78,379
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -45,175 -23,921 4,645 4,247 8,240 2,605 5,748 9,620 -6,226 -4,497
 
56 Foreign countries -42,614 -22,635 4,294 4,376 8,332 2,686 5,765 9,453 -6,286 -4,638
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -1,179 6,951 5,929 857 2,235 943 3,063 1,020 1,965 -119
 
58 Europe -71,096 -46,347 -5,591 1,985 4,347 -3,331 1,631 3,961 -6,132 -5,051
59 Belgium -17,867 -21,365 -5,159 -3,992 -1,286 -995 -1,539 -997 -725 -1,898
60 France -9,133 -5,591 1,858 217 -403 -1,143 522 401 384 551
61 Germany -3,833 -3,174 327 105 258 -14 153 444 -190 -80
62 Ireland -1,612 -4,602 -1,190 -484 -158 -2,573 234 -85 -721 -618
63 Luxembourg -1,388 -1,250 -849 943 233 -49 485 -626 -488 -220
64 Netherlands -2,828 566 -727 218 242 258 -400 -232 -62 -33
65 Switzerland 325 138 928 -181 675 -957 509 90 611 -282
66 United Kingdom -23,670 -11,252 -1,011 5,422 3,963 1,521 1,686 5,297 -5,521 -2,473
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -2,737 -837 -266 13 -51 -8 29 -31 -70 -194
68 Canada -1,427 -812 3,705 -645 1,062 739 1,375 1,334 1,358 -362
69 Latin America 2,286 -1,863 -671 176 103 -832 -96 238 -402 -411
70 Caribbean 16,667 9,186 1,723 1,021 1,722 3,352 -631 1,951 -157 560
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -737 448 -899 253 31 -312 39 79 -128 -889
72 Other Asia 15,173 17,482 6,576 1,459 97 3,234 3,188 1,815 -22 1,595
73 China, Mainland 3,065 5,736 3,999 644 1,255 662 1,402 868 977 752
74 Hong Kong -822 -638 988 68 176 153 119 232 517 120
75 Japan 9,505 2,670 -1,862 -928 -2,034 1,010 191 -351 -2,157 455
76 Africa 169 586 -157 -18 -4 -21 -49 -11 -43 -54
77 Other countries -3,649 -1,315 -392 145 974 -143 308 86 -760 -26
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -2,561 -1,286 351 -129 -92 -81 -17 167 60 141
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -71,702 -39,674 -81,974 145 -6,152 -4,842 -19,782 -18,673 -26,762 -16,757
80 Foreign purchases 3,968,484 3,434,825 1,259,571 280,588 245,856 281,570 315,982 295,302 316,283 332,004
81 Foreign sales 4,040,186 3,474,499 1,341,545 280,443 252,008 286,412 335,764 313,975 343,045 348,761
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -52,625 17,035 -7,240 -26,208 -3,988 -7,348 -2,708 -6,718 -1,993 4,179
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,530,814 3,945,015 1,453,027 384,903 381,001 296,112 372,878 326,982 364,880 388,287
84 Foreign sales 3,583,439 3,927,980 1,460,267 411,111 384,989 303,460 375,586 333,700 366,873 384,108
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -124,327 -22,639 -89,214 -26,063 -10,140 -12,190 -22,490 -25,391 -28,755 -12,578
 
86 Foreign countries -158,568 -44,121 -92,123 -29,049 -11,811 -12,283 -20,481 -25,362 -35,662 -10,618
87 Europe -93,041 -77,221 -50,929 -22,222 -23,147 -4,919 -1,002 -20,570 -20,925 -8,432
88 Euro Area5 -51,257 -52,732 -19,236 -10,322 -14,296 -5,356 -10,669 -4,755 -1,829 -1,983
89 United Kingdom -50,852 -44,607 -47,303 -15,948 -11,122 -2,658 6,229 -21,267 -17,689 -14,576
90 Canada -34,909 -7,141 -17,036 -10,602 8,429 -3,407 -8,757 -2,008 -2,757 -3,514
91 Latin America -23,051 -25,535 -11,441 -4,042 -7,273 -5,857 -3,766 -1,734 -2,631 -3,310
92 Caribbean -15,629 22,158 -989 4,666 -1,927 4,542 1,664 -397 -4,614 2,358
93 Asia 11,852 27,745 -12,925 3,387 3,837 -5,693 -6,943 140 -4,364 -1,758
94 Japan 2,687 1,154 -20,493 -3,501 2,821 -3,162 -3,162 -2,557 -7,365 -7,409
95 Africa -3,319 -1,268 -423 -523 421 -523 -402 14 -432 397
96 Other countries -471 17,141 1,620 287 7,849 3,574 -1,275 -807 61 3,641
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 34,241 21,482 2,909 2,986 1,671 93 -2,009 -29 6,907 -1,960
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  2. Principally 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. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.  Return to table
  3. Includes state and local securities. Also includes issues of new debt securities sold abroad by U.S. corporations organized to finance direct investment abroad.   Return to table
  4. Net foreign sales (-) of foreign securities are equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
  5. Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia.   Return to table
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Last update: June 28, 2013