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International Banking Activities in Offshore Centers
(2003-2005)This table ranks the largest offshore centers by banks’ external positions.
(created by Tobias Schiedermair, May 2006) Table notes:
The data are based on the residence of the bank and therefore measure the activities
of all banking offices residing in each reporting country.
Numbers include banks that report to the Bank for International Settlements. This includes banks residing in Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hong Kong SAR, India, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan (China), Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Numbers include international transactions between the banks and any of their own affiliates. Additional information:
Detailed information on breaks in series in the locational banking statistics are available on the BIS website under http://www.bis.org/publ/breakstables.pdf.
Offshore centers others than in the list include: Andorra , Antigua Belize, Brunei, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Dominica, Grenada, Dubai, Jamaica, Liberia, Liechtenstein, The Maldives, Malta , Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, San Marino Seychelles, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent, Tonga, Tuvalu, US Virgin Islands. (Source: major tax havens as listed by OECD in 1998)
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