497J 1 inc831fye497j_2013-1230.htm ISHARES, INC. 8-31 ANNUAL UPDATE 497(J) 2013-1230 inc831fye497j_2013-1230.htm

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Tel +1 415 670 7897
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edward.baer@blackrock.com
  
 December 30, 2013



Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 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 Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information, each dated December 30, 2013, do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 344 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on December 23, 2013.

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) 670-7897.
 
Yours truly,
 
 

 
/s/ Edward Baer__
Edward Baer, Esq.
 

 
 
cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.