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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON D.C.  20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  JULY 16, 2003


                            MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


                                   WASHINGTON
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)


             000-9409                                    91-6087550
     (Commission File Number)               (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


          14900 INTERURBAN AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 282, SEATTLE, WA  98168
                               (Address of Office)


                                 (206) 674-4639
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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ITEM  4.     CHANGES  IN  REGISTRANT'S  CERTIFYING  ACCOUNTANT.

Mercer  International  Inc.  (the "Company") announced on Form 8-K dated May 13,
2003  that  it  would  appoint  Deloitte  &  Touche  LLP  as  the  Company's new
independent  auditors in place of Peterson Sullivan PLLC effective at the annual
meeting  of  shareholders (the "Meeting") to be held on July 15, 2003.  The date
for  the  Meeting  has  been  rescheduled  to  August 22, 2003.  The Company has
therefore  appointed  Deloitte  & Touche LLP as the Company's auditors effective
July 14, 2003.  The  Company  is  also  appointing  Deloitte & Touche LLP as the
auditors  for  the  Company's  significant subsidiaries.  The decision to engage
Deloitte  &  Touche  LLP  was  recommended  and  approved by the Company's Audit
Committee  and  approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Company.

The  Company  will  present  the  appointment  of  Deloitte  & Touche LLP as the
Company's  auditors  for  shareholder ratification at the Meeting.  In the event
Deloitte & Touche LLP are not ratified as the Company's auditors at the Meeting,
the  Company's Audit Committee will consider whether to retain Deloitte & Touche
LLP  or  appoint  another firm.  The Audit Committee may appoint another firm as
the  Company's  auditors  without  the  approval  of  shareholders.

During  the  Company's  two  most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim
period  preceding  the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP, the Company did not
consult  Deloitte  &  Touche  LLP  regarding  either:

   (i)   the application  of  accounting  principles to a specified transaction,
         either  completed  or  proposed;  or  the  type  of  audit opinion that
         might be  rendered on the Company's financial statements, and neither a
         written report was provided to the Company nor oral advice was provided
         that  Deloitte & Touche  LLP  concluded  was  an  important  factor
         considered  by  the  Company  in  reaching a decision  as  to  any such
         accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or

   (ii)  any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as defined in
         Instruction  4  of Item 304 of Regulation S-K, or a "reportable event",
         as defined in  Item  304(a)(1)(v)  of  Regulation  S-K.



                                   SIGNATURES


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
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.




                                          MERCER  INTERNATIONAL  INC.

                                          /s/ Jimmy S.H. Lee
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                                          Jimmy  S.H.  Lee
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer


Date:     July 16,  2003