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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE
Country Exposure Report
FFIEC 009
Instructions
the net position of the respondent’s offices in each coun-
try vis-a ` -vis its offices in other countries; the third
(columns 15–17) calls for information on off-balance
Part I—Introduction and Summary
sheet contingencies and commitments; the fourth (col-
Description
umns 18–19) calls for information on activities of the
respondent’s offices in foreign countries; the fifth (col-
This report provides information on the distribution by
umn 20) calls for reported exposures attributable to secu-
country of foreign claims held by United States banks
rities and other assets (excluding revaluation gains) held
and bank holding companies. The individual returns are
in the respondent’s trading account; and the sixth (col-
regarded as confidential and will not be voluntarily
umn 21) calls for trade finance amounts reported in
disclosed to the public. However, aggregated data that
columns 4 and 15. In all of these sections the information
do not reveal the activities of individual banks will
is required on an individual country basis.
be published. Portions of the aggregated data are also
reported to the Bank for International Settlements as part
Column 4 of schedule 1 calls for total direct ‘‘cross-
of an international cooperative effort to compile and
border claims’’ detailed by the country of residence of
publish world-wide data on cross-border claims.
the borrower. This total for each country is broken down
in two ways: first, by the sector of borrower (bank,
The information required in the report is summarized
public, and all other) in columns 1–3; second, by matu-
below. More precise descriptions, definitions, and
rity in columns 5–7. Columns 8–10 and 11–13 indicate
instructions appear in Parts II, III, and IV of these
the extent to which the ultimate source of repayment
instructions. The definitions of items are generally con-
may be in a country other than the country of domicile of
sistent with definitions used in the Instructions for Prepa-
the direct borrower as reported in columns 1–4. Thus,
ration of the Consolidated Reports of Condition and
column 8 identifies those claims on banks reported in a
Income for Insured Commercial Banks with Domestic
particular country entry in column 1 that are guaranteed
and Foreign Offices (FFIEC 031). Any differences from
by parties in other countries. (Claims on bank branches
the definitions used in those reports are noted in the
and agencies are assumed to carry the credit ‘‘guarantee’’
appropriate paragraphs of these instructions.
of their head office. Note: Henceforth, ‘‘branches and
agencies’’ will be referred to as ‘‘branches’’). For each
The report contains two schedules: schedule 1 collects
country line, the entry in column 8 is a component of
information on the respondent’s country exposure
column 1; similarly the country entries in columns 9 and
excluding claims resulting from foreign exchange and
10 are components of columns 2 and 3, respectively. In
derivative products, which are reported in schedule 2;
columns 11–13, all the entries of columns 8-10 are
schedule 2 collects information on the respondent’s
reallocated to the country lines of the guarantors, but
country exposure resulting from revaluation gains on
with columns 11–13 distinguishing the claims by sector
foreign exchange and derivative contracts held in the
of the guarantor, in contrast to the identification of the
trading account.
sector of the direct obligor in columns 8–10. The grand
Schedule 1 has six sections: the first (columns 1–13)
total of columns 11–13 (including appropriate entries on
calls for information on the respondent’s cross-border
the U.S. line) must equal the grand total of columns
claims on foreigners; the second (column 14) calls for
8–10, but because of the shift from identification of
Instructions for Preparation of Reporting Form FFIEC 009
009-1
December 1997

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