As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2015

                            File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729                                                                                        

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,411	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 1,411	x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

iShares Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With Copies to:

MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.	EDWARD BAER, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP	BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE	400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099	SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

¨     Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)	x    On May 4, 2015, pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨        60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)	¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨        75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)	¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

If appropriate, check the following box:

x The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,411 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until May 4, 2015, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI China A ETF (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,208 on September 15, 2014, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

PEA No.	Date Filed	Automatic Effective Date
1,253	November 28, 2014	December 8, 2014
1,266	December 5, 2014	December 15, 2014
1,267	December 12, 2014	December 22, 2014
1,283	December 19, 2014	December 30, 2014
1,287	December 29, 2014	January 6, 2015
1,291	January 5, 2015	January 13, 2015
1,297	January 12, 2015	January 20, 2015
1,312	January 16, 2015	January 27, 2015
1,316	January 26, 2015	February 3, 2015
1,317	February 2, 2015	February 10, 2015
1,322	February 9, 2015	February 24, 2015
1,344	February 23, 2015	March 10, 2015
1,356	March 9, 2015	March 24, 2015
1,375	March 23, 2015	April 7, 2015
1,386	April 6, 2015	April 24, 2015
1,410	April 23, 2015	April 27, 2015

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,411 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,208.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,411 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the24th day of April, 2015.

iSHARES TRUST 

By:
	Manish Mehta*
	President
	Date: April 24, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1,411 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

By:
	Mark Wiedman*
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	John E. Martinez**
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	Cecilia H. Herbert**
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	Charles A. Hurty**
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	John E. Kerrigan**
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015

	Robert H. Silver**
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	Robert S. Kapito*
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	Madhav V. Rajan**
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	Jane D. Carlin**
	Trustee
	Date: April 24, 2015
	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Treasurer
	Date: April 24, 2015
*,** By:	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Attorney-in-fact
	Date: April 24, 2015

*	Powers of Attorney, each dated December 31, 2013, for Manish Mehta, Mark Wiedman and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 1,021, filed January 10, 2014.
**	Powers of Attorney, each dated March 25, 2015, for Jane D. Carlin, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, John E. Martinez and Madhav V. Rajan are incorporated herein by reference to PEA No. 1,382, filed March 26, 2015.