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FILED AS OF DATE:		20140602
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140602

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DUCOMMUN INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000030305
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	AIRCRAFT PART & AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT, NEC [3728]
		IRS NUMBER:				950693330
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08174
		FILM NUMBER:		14883191

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		23301 WILMINGTON AVE.
		CITY:			CARSON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90745
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3105137280

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		23301 WILMINGTON AVE.
		CITY:			CARSON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90745
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DUCOMMUN
INCORPORATED </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>001-08174</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>95-0693330</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>File Number)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>23301 Wilmington Avenue, Carson, California</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>90745-6209</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James S. Heiser &#150; VP/General Counsel &#150; (310) 513-7200 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2013. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Items 1.01 and 1.02 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report; Exhibit </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conflict Minerals Disclosure</I></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ducommun Incorporated
(the &#147;Company&#148;) has filed a Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 (the &#147;Report&#148;) as Exhibit 1.02 to this Form SD. The Report is publicly available at
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=70735&amp;p=irol-sec. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &#150; Exhibits </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.01 Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibit 1.02 &#150; Ducommun
Incorporated Conflict Minerals Report for the Year Ended </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">December&nbsp;31, 2013 as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the duly authorized undersigned. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><U>DUCOMMUN INCORPORATED</U></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: June 2, 2014</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Joel H. Benkie</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ducommun Incorporated </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conflict Minerals Report </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For The Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Conflict Minerals Report of Ducommun Incorporated (the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 has been prepared to comply with Rule 13p-1 (the &#147;Rule&#148;) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Rule was adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) to
implement reporting and disclosure requirements pursuant to Section&nbsp;1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The Rule requires disclosure of certain information by SEC registrants that manufacture or contract to
manufacture products when the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The materials specified in the Rule are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolframite, and their
derivatives which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, &#147;3TG&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We operate through two primary strategic
business units, Ducommun LaBarge Technologies (&#147;DLT&#148;) and Ducommun AeroStructures (&#147;DAS&#148;). We identified the following products (the &#147;covered products&#148;) that may contain necessary 3TG that we manufactured or contracted
to manufacture during 2013: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">DLT &#150; Complex cable assemblies and interconnect systems, printed circuit board assemblies, and higher-level electronic, electromechanical and mechanical assemblies for aerospace, defense and other selected end-use
markets; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">DAS &#150; Structural components, structural assemblies and bonded components, consisting of aluminum, titanium, Inconel<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> and composite materials, for aerospace
and defense end-use markets. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s supply chain is complex, and there are generally multiple tiers between the
3TG mines and our direct suppliers. We do not purchase 3TG directly from mines, smelters or refiners. We must therefore rely on our direct suppliers to work with their upstream suppliers in order to provide us with information about the origin of
3TG that are included in our products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has designed its due diligence measures with the intent to conform, in all material
respects, to the framework in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has adopted a Conflict Minerals Policy which is publicly available at </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">http://www.ducommun.com/dco/conflictminerals.aspx. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have established an executive steering committee, headed by our vice president of supply chain
management, and supported by subject matter experts from operations, supply chain management, finance and legal, to oversee the due diligence process. We have established a centralized database and document repository of supplier responses in
support of our due diligence measures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Due to the complexity of our supply chain, we utilized a risk-based approach that focused on our
major suppliers. Suppliers identified through this risk-based approach represented approximately 80% of the Company&#146;s purchases of raw materials and components in 2013. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We requested that these suppliers provide information to us regarding their 3TG and corresponding smelters and refiners using the template
developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (&#147;CFSI&#148;), known as the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the &#147;Template&#148;). The Template is designed to facilitate disclosure of information regarding smelters and refiners
that provide material to a manufacturer&#146;s supply chain, and it includes questions regarding a direct supplier&#146;s conflict-free policy, due diligence process, and supply chain, including the names and locations of smelters and refiners as
well as the origin of 3TG used by those facilities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We received responses from approximately 65% of the surveyed suppliers. We reviewed
the responses of these suppliers for completeness and worked with them in an effort to obtain revised responses where information initially provided was incomplete. We also communicated with unresponsive suppliers to encourage them to provide us
with the requested information. We regularly updated our president and chief operating officer on the results of our due diligence efforts. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As discussed above, we do not have direct relationships with smelters or refiners, and we do not perform direct audits of these entities&#146;
supply chains. However, we support the development and implementation of independent third party audits of smelters&#146; and refiners&#146; sourcing, such as the CFSI&#146;s Conflict-Free Smelter Program. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to improve our due diligence process to further mitigate risks by (i)&nbsp;increasing the number of suppliers requested to provide
us with 3TG information, (ii)&nbsp;engaging with suppliers and directing them to information and training resources in an attempt to increase the response rate and improve the content of supplier responses, and (iii)&nbsp;working with the Aerospace
Industries Association and other relevant trade associations to define best practices and encourage responsible sourcing of 3TG. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on
the due diligence described in this Report, we do not have sufficient information regarding the smelters and refiners that processed the necessary 3TG in the covered products to determine whether that necessary 3TG originated in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo or adjoining countries or came from recycled or scrap sources, or to determine the countries of origin of that 3TG or the facilities used to process that 3TG. Our efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the 3TG
in the covered products with the greatest possible specificity consisted of the due diligence measures described in this Report, including our efforts to seek information from suppliers using the CFSI&#146;s Template. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Report is publicly available at http://phx.corporateir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=70735&amp;p=irol-sec. </P>
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