International Monetary Fund
United Kingdom: Reserve Tranche Position
as of December 31, 2012

In exchange for the reserve asset portion of its quota payment, an IMF member acquires a liquid claim on the IMF-much like a demand deposit in a commercial bank. This claim is called the member's Reserve Tranche Position, and it is equal to the member's quota minus the IMF's holdings of the member's currency (excluding currency holdings that stem from the member's own use of credit). The reserve tranche position is part of the member country's external reserves.


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Date SDR Amount
  December 31, 2012         3,551,479,898
  December 31, 2011         3,553,072,183
  December 31, 2010         2,342,286,554
  December 31, 2009         1,865,940,447
  December 31, 2008         1,525,761,369
  December 31, 2007         696,154,501
  December 31, 2006         939,626,378
  December 31, 2005         1,627,825,023
  December 31, 2004         3,562,414,398
  December 31, 2003         4,256,261,364
  December 31, 2002         4,565,400,140
  December 31, 2001         4,019,549,328
  December 31, 2000         3,287,946,693
  December 31, 1999         3,846,685,677
  December 31, 1998         2,729,419,429
  December 31, 1997         2,198,244,661
  December 31, 1996         1,689,105,256
  December 31, 1995         1,629,542,546
  December 31, 1994         1,366,114,912
  December 31, 1993         1,354,361,620
  December 31, 1992         1,463,594,872
  December 31, 1991         1,292,683,527
  December 31, 1990         1,179,005,328
  December 31, 1989         1,245,678,548
  December 31, 1988         1,238,565,999
  December 31, 1987         1,252,629,340
  December 31, 1986         1,620,998,650
  December 31, 1985         1,809,718,134
  December 31, 1984         2,011,793,687

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United Kingdom: Financial Position in the Fund