As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2014

File Nos. 33-97598 and 811-09102                                                                          

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Post-Effective Amendment No. 361	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 363	x

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

iShares, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o State Street Bank & Trust Company

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000

The Corporation Trust Incorporated

351 West Camden Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With Copies to:

MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.	BENJAMIN J. HASKIN, ESQ.	EDWARD BAER, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP	WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP	BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE	1875 K STREET, N.W.	400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099	WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-1238	SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

¨   Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)	x   On April 18, 2014, pursuant to paragraph (b)
¨     60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)	¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
¨        75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)	¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

If appropriate, check the following box:

x The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 361 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until April 18, 2014, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI USA High Dividend Yield Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 248 on August 20, 2012, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

PEA No.	Date Filed	Automatic Effective Date
260	November 2, 2012	November 30, 2012
265	November 29, 2012	December 28, 2012
270	December 27, 2012	January 25, 2013
277	January 24, 2013	February 22, 2013
281	February 21, 2013	March 22, 2013
287	March 21, 2013	April 19, 2013
294	April 18, 2013	May 17, 2013
300	May 16, 2013	June 14, 2013
309	June 13, 2013	July 12, 2013
316	July 11, 2013	August 9, 2013
322	August 8, 2013	September 6, 2013
328	September 5, 2013	October 4, 2013
333	October 3, 2013	November 1, 2013
338	October 31, 2013	November 29, 2013
342	November 27, 2013	December 27, 2013
347	December 26, 2013	January 24, 2014
352	January 23, 2014	February 21, 2014
356	February 20, 2014	March 21, 2014

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 361 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 248.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 361 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 20th day of March, 2014.

iSHARES, INC.

By:
	Manish Mehta*
	President
	Date: March 20, 2014

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 361 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

By:
	Mark Wiedman*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	John E. Martinez*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	George G.C. Parker*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	Cecilia H. Herbert*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	Charles A. Hurty*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014

	John E. Kerrigan*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	Robert H. Silver*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	Robert S. Kapito*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	Madhav V. Rajan*
	Director
	Date: March 20, 2014
	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Treasurer
	Date: March 20, 2014
*By:	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Attorney-in-fact
	Date: March 20, 2014

* Powers of Attorney, each dated December 31, 2013, for Manish Mehta, Mark Wiedman, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, George G.C. Parker, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 349, filed January 10, 2014.