400 Howard Street

P.O. Box 7101

San Francisco, CA 94105

Tel +1 415 670 2059

Fax +1 415 618 1377

andrew.josef@blackrock.com

 February 16, 2012

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

RE: iShares, Inc. (the “Company”)

          Securities Act File No. 33-97598;

          Investment Company Act File No. 811-09102

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and on behalf of the Company, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for the iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend 30 Index Fund, each dated February 15, 2012, do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 209 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on February 14, 2012.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Benjamin J. Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124 or me at (415) 670-2059.

Yours truly,

/s/    Andrew Josef                

Andrew Josef, Esq.

cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.