As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2017

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	☒
Post-Effective Amendment No. 480	☒

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	☒
Amendment No. 482	☒

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iShares, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

c/o State Street Bank & Trust Company

1 Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

(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. WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP 787 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099 DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ. BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS 400 HOWARD STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

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

☐       Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)	☒       On December 21, 2017, 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:

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

Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 480 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 December 21, 2017, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Canada ETF, iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF and iShares MSCI South Africa ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 479 on October 20, 2017, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 480 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 479.

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. 480 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 18^th day of December, 2017.

iSHARES, INC.

By:
	Martin Small* President
	Date: December 18, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 480 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

By:
	Mark K. Wiedman* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017
	John E. Martinez* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017
	Cecilia H. Herbert* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017
	Charles A. Hurty* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017
	John E. Kerrigan* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017

	Robert S. Kapito* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017
	Madhav V. Rajan* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017
	Jane D. Carlin* Director
	Date: December 18, 2017
	Drew E. Lawton** Trustee
	Date: December 18, 2017
	Richard L. Fagnani** Trustee
	Date: December 18, 2017
	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee* Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
	Date: December 18, 2017
* By:	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee Attorney-in-fact
	Date: December 18, 2017

* Powers of Attorney, each dated October 15, 2016, for Martin Small, Mark K. Wiedman, John E. Martinez, Cecilia H. Herbert, Charles A. Hurty, John E. Kerrigan, Robert S. Kapito, Madhav V. Rajan, Jane D. Carlin and Jack Gee are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 465, filed on October 21, 2016.

** Powers of Attorney, each dated June 21, 2017, for Drew E. Lawton and Richard L. Fagnani are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 475, filed July 3, 2017.