International Monetary Fund
Japan: 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         997,213,787
  December 31, 2011         4,118,788,297
  December 31, 2010         2,992,342,700
  December 31, 2009         2,751,248,312
  December 31, 2008         1,725,953,062
  December 31, 2007         882,771,466
  December 31, 2006         1,285,351,988
  December 31, 2005         2,013,201,594
  December 31, 2004         4,371,379,152
  December 31, 2003         5,204,175,204
  December 31, 2002         5,298,425,987
  December 31, 2001         4,018,949,501
  December 31, 2000         4,032,087,813
  December 31, 1999         4,773,526,032
  December 31, 1998         6,304,743,949
  December 31, 1997         6,777,412,521
  December 31, 1996         4,639,253,020
  December 31, 1995         4,311,677,464
  December 31, 1994         2,998,808,812
  December 31, 1993         3,029,519,192
  December 31, 1992         3,299,313,816
  December 31, 1991         2,398,216,261
  December 31, 1990         2,331,595,933
  December 31, 1989         2,542,535,330
  December 31, 1988         2,281,664,886
  December 31, 1987         1,716,303,101
  December 31, 1986         1,460,124,989
  December 31, 1985         1,408,245,592
  December 31, 1984         1,470,503,361

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Japan: Financial Position in the Fund