PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
Wheaton Oaks Professional Building
855 West Prairie Avenue
Wheaton, Illinois  60187

September 8, 2004

VIA EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Street, N.W., Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 205549

       Re: PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
        File numbers: 333-102228, 811-21265


Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of the PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust ("Registrant") and
pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), I hereby certify that (i) the prospectus and statement of
additional information contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 9 to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on August 27, 2004,
constituting the most recent amendment to this Registration Statement ("the
Amendment"), that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the
Securities Act would not have differed from that contained in the Amendment,
and (ii) the text of the Amendment was filed electronically with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 2004, accession number
0001047469-04-027480.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this filing, please call
Stuart M. Strauss at (212) 878-4931.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         PowerShares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust


                                         By: /s/ H. Bruce Bond
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                                             H. Bruce Bond
                                             President