Sarah R. Crespi State Street 1 Lincoln Street Mail Stop SFC0805 Boston, MA 02111 Tel +1 617 662 2641 Sarah.Crespi@StateStreet.com

December 27, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

RE: iShares Trust (the “Trust”)

Securities Act File No. 333-92935;

Investment Company Act File No. 811-09729

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and on behalf of the Trust, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information for the following Trust funds, each dated December 30, 2019, do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,243 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on December 17, 2019:

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Australia ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Canada ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Eurozone ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Italy ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Mexico ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI South Korea ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Spain ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Switzerland ETF

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares ESG MSCI EAFE ETF

iShares ESG MSCI USA ETF

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

iShares ESG MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

iShares MSCI Argentina and Global Exposure ETF

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

iShares MSCI China ETF

iShares MSCI China Small-Cap ETF

iShares MSCI Denmark ETF

iShares MSCI Finland ETF

iShares MSCI Germany Small-Cap ETF

iShares MSCI Global Impact ETF

iShares MSCI India ETF

iShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF

iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF

iShares MSCI Ireland ETF

iShares MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF

iShares MSCI New Zealand ETF

iShares MSCI Norway ETF

iShares MSCI Peru ETF

iShares MSCI Philippines ETF

iShares MSCI Poland ETF

iShares MSCI Qatar ETF

iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF

iShares MSCI UAE ETF

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Small-Cap ETF

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Benjamin J. Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124.

Yours truly,

/s/ Sarah R. Crespi

Sarah R. Crespi

Assistant Secretary

cc: Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.