NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_5634438954159675.htm iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Airlines — 0.0%            

Eva Airways Corp.

     445,000     $ 197,500  
   

 

 

  
Auto Components — 0.6%            

Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd.(a)

     19,190,670       28,615,156  
   

 

 

  
Banks — 10.5%            

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd.(a)

     50,500,199       31,537,709  

CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     115,392,325       77,528,744  

E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     76,760,980       67,732,257  

First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.(a)

     72,720,013       54,343,874  

Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.(a)

     64,640,915       41,162,445  

Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd.(a)

     70,700,271       70,570,045  

Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank Ltd. (The)

     27,270,306       37,313,988  

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.

     87,870,724       34,220,333  

Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     81,810,706       38,318,496  

Taiwan Business Bank(a)

     67,479,547       23,556,582  

Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     67,670,412       48,196,101  
   

 

 

  
      524,480,574  
Chemicals — 4.4%            

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.

     24,240,610       65,486,430  

Formosa Plastics Corp.

     26,266,518       78,516,177  

Nan Ya Plastics Corp.

     34,340,938       77,350,696  
   

 

 

  
      221,353,303  
Communications Equipment — 0.7%            

Accton Technology Corp.

     4,040,000       33,876,327  
   

 

 

  
Construction Materials — 1.7%            

Asia Cement Corp.(a)

     20,200,136       30,687,339  

Taiwan Cement Corp.(a)

     35,350,646       53,207,358  
   

 

 

  
      83,894,697  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.0%            

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

     9,090,017       49,751,519  

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     73,730,657       49,408,141  
   

 

 

  
      99,159,660  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8%  

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

     24,240,648       92,276,478  
   

 

 

  
Electrical Equipment — 0.0%            

Ya Hsin Industrial Co. Ltd.(b)(c)

     6,845,461       2  
   

 

 

  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 13.3%  

AU Optronics Corp.(a)(c)

     83,830,830       35,882,330  

Delta Electronics Inc.(a)

     13,217,180       104,105,145  

Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd.

     13,031,499       24,049,008  

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

     77,770,002       224,558,237  

Innolux Corp.(a)

     52,084,873       18,365,160  

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.(a)

     653,794       73,975,464  

Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co. Ltd.(b)(c)

     197       0 (d) 

Synnex Technology International Corp.

     16,160,364       25,230,636  

Unimicron Technology Corp.

     11,033,000       34,799,288  

Walsin Technology Corp.(a)

     3,534,000       24,115,885  

WPG Holdings Ltd.(a)

     17,680,604       26,456,548  

Yageo Corp.(a)

     3,030,125       46,989,396  

Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.

     6,060,072       26,258,009  
   

 

 

  
      664,785,106  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.8%            

President Chain Store Corp.

     4,350,215       39,530,065  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products — 1.8%            

Standard Foods Corp.

     8,080,056     $ 17,689,518  

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

     31,459,189       71,742,735  
   

 

 

  
      89,432,253  
Household Durables — 0.5%            

Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     2,020,000       23,848,083  
   

 

 

  
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%            

Far Eastern New Century Corp.(a)

     29,290,843       28,157,849  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 4.8%            

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     53,530,315       75,874,914  

China Development Financial Holding Corp.

     113,924,508       35,653,245  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     34,340,307       27,289,113  

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

     44,440,515       69,071,654  

Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd.(a)

     107,060,403       32,265,551  
   

 

 

  
      240,154,477  
Leisure Products — 0.6%            

Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     3,030,590       30,037,424  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 1.2%            

Airtac International Group

     1,132,000       32,964,126  

Hiwin Technologies Corp.

     2,689,949       28,831,836  
   

 

 

  
      61,795,962  
Marine — 0.6%            

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.(c)

     34,340,533       29,759,185  
   

 

 

  
Metals & Mining — 1.3%            

China Steel Corp.

     81,810,977       65,443,041  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%            

Formosa Petrochemical Corp.

     10,100,950       32,072,133  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%            

Oneness Biotech Co. Ltd.(c)

     2,337,000       23,449,943  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.8%  

Highwealth Construction Corp.(a)

     13,130,969       20,500,943  

Ruentex Development Co. Ltd.(a)

     14,140,614       20,861,777  
   

 

 

  
      41,362,720  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 37.7%  

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.(a)

     23,230,432       62,431,404  

ASMedia Technology Inc.(a)

     394,000       22,739,409  

Globalwafers Co. Ltd.(a)

     2,020,000       39,546,005  

MediaTek Inc.

     9,456,175       233,563,624  

Nanya Technology Corp.

     13,130,000       33,351,881  

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     4,346,544       45,596,585  

Phison Electronics Corp.

     2,020,698       22,899,235  

Powertech Technology Inc.

     8,080,036       26,080,635  

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.(a)

     3,509,063       45,675,375  

Silergy Corp.

     596,000       46,421,191  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     64,841,882       1,093,115,492  

United Microelectronics Corp.

     81,810,501       116,246,831  

Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.

     9,090,000       33,486,536  

Win Semiconductors Corp.

     3,030,000       35,612,666  

Winbond Electronics Corp.(a)

     42,420,000       27,235,716  
   

 

 

  
      1,884,002,585  
Specialty Retail — 1.0%            

Hotai Motor Co. Ltd.

     2,158,000       48,531,813  
   

 

 

  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.6%  

Acer Inc.(a)

     33,330,737       27,071,540  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued)  

Advantech Co. Ltd.(a)

     3,339,827     $ 35,973,226  

Asustek Computer Inc.(a)

     5,360,857       46,832,853  

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

     5,409,743       35,682,192  

Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.(a)

     7,070,405       21,184,548  

Compal Electronics Inc.(a)

     41,410,554       28,040,477  

Inventec Corp.(a)

     29,290,868       23,944,469  

Lite-On Technology Corp.

     19,190,071       32,350,949  

Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.

     7,070,000       31,006,052  

Pegatron Corp.(a)

     16,160,037       37,023,083  

Quanta Computer Inc.

     21,210,240       57,299,833  

Wistron Corp.

     28,280,921       29,617,945  

Wiwynn Corp.(a)

     1,010,000       24,167,003  
   

 

 

  
      430,194,170  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.6%  

Eclat Textile Co. Ltd.

     1,852,601       25,999,137  

Feng TAY Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     4,040,747       26,014,458  

Formosa Taffeta Co. Ltd.

     62,000       66,671  

Pou Chen Corp.

     25,250,103       27,684,088  
   

 

 

  
      79,764,354  
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.5%            

Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp.

     22,121,000       24,408,576  
   

 

 

  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.5%  

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

     15,150,259       32,955,567  

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

     12,120,609       41,291,506  
   

 

 

  
      74,247,073  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.9%
(Cost: $2,440,631,008)

       4,994,830,509  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Investments

 

  
Money Market Funds — 4.9%        

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.19%(e)(f)(g)

     216,790,094     $ 216,920,168  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.04%(e)(f)

     27,690,000       27,690,000  
   

 

 

  
      244,610,168  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 4.9%
(Cost: $244,539,394)

       244,610,168  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 104.8%
(Cost: $2,685,170,402)

 

     5,239,440,677  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (4.8)%

 

     (238,000,286 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   5,001,440,391  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(c) 

Non-income producing security.

(d) 

Rounds to less than $1.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(g) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
08/31/20		     Purchases
at Cost		     Proceeds
from Sales		     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		     Value at
11/30/20		    

Shares

Held at
11/30/20

     Income    

Capital

Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 201,949,066     $ 15,052,569 (a)    $ —     $ (29,919 )    $ (51,548 )    $ 216,920,168       216,790,094     $ 627,160 (b)    $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     18,470,000       9,220,000 (a)      —       —       —       27,690,000       27,690,000       2,212       —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  
        $ (29,919 )    $ (51,548 )    $ 244,610,168       $ 629,372     $ —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts		        Expiration
Date		        Notional
Amount
(000)		    Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

Long Contracts

                

FTSE Taiwan Index

      123          12/30/20        $  5,847    $ (6,529 ) 
               

 

 

  

Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2020. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                  

Assets

                  

Common Stocks

    $ 4,994,830,507        $ —        $ 2        $ 4,994,830,509  

Money Market Funds

      244,610,168          —          —          244,610,168  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 5,239,440,675        $ —        $ 2        $ 5,239,440,677  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Liabilities

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ (6,529 )       $             —        $             —        $ (6,529 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a)

Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

 

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