Exhibit 23.3


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



 The Board of Directors
 Mohawk Industries, Inc.:

  We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement
  (No. 33-87998) on Form S-8 for the Mohawk Carpet Corporation Retirement
  Savings Plan of Mohawk Industries, Inc. of our report dated May 22, 2001,
  relating to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the
  Mohawk Carpet Corporation Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2000 and
  1999, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan
  benefits for the year ended December 31, 2000 and related supplemental
  schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2000 Annual Report on Form
  10-K/A Amendment No. 1 of Mohawk Industries, Inc.



                                       /s/ KPMG LLP

   Atlanta, Georgia
   June 28, 2001

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