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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF
May 31, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
Common Stocks          
           
Airlines — 0.3%          
China Airlines Ltd.(a)   8,022,000   $7,489,964 
Eva Airways Corp.(a)   6,483,000    7,616,548 
         15,106,512 
Auto Components — 0.4%          
Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd.(b)   18,972,670    23,155,628 
           
Banks — 11.5%          
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd.   50,481,840    31,419,341 
CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   111,332,325    103,386,546 
E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   78,339,789    82,098,212 
First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   71,889,123    67,441,204 
Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.   69,838,924    56,967,438 
Mega Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   69,501,271    92,331,571 
Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank Ltd. (The)   26,611,306    46,175,542 
SinoPac Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.   87,973,724    54,740,012 
Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   87,331,978    53,702,312 
Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   70,804,460    68,320,771 
         656,582,949 
Chemicals — 4.3%          
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp.(b)   22,668,610    63,853,764 
Formosa Plastics Corp.   24,859,518    89,648,959 
Nan Ya Plastics Corp.   31,794,938    93,002,932 
         246,505,655 
Communications Equipment — 0.6%          
Accton Technology Corp.(b)   4,046,000    32,018,530 
           
Construction Materials — 1.4%          
Asia Cement Corp.   20,876,136    31,830,767 
Taiwan Cement Corp.(b)   34,428,646    50,434,569 
         82,265,336 
Diversified Financial Services — 2.3%          
Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.   9,396,017    72,298,272 
Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.(b)   68,037,657    56,792,484 
         129,090,756 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%          
Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.   22,864,648    99,372,140 
           
Electrical Equipment — 0.5%          
Voltronic Power Technology Corp.   439,000    22,186,802 
Walsin Lihwa Corp.   5,388,000    8,743,318 
Ya Hsin Industrial Co. Ltd.(c)   6,845,461    2 
         30,930,122 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 13.4%          
AU Optronics Corp.(b)   65,308,830    40,108,734 
Delta Electronics Inc.(b)   12,205,180    100,426,641 
E Ink Holdings Inc.   6,050,000    42,077,710 
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.   69,630,296    269,978,875 
Innolux Corp.(b)   69,600,873    33,190,725 
Largan Precision Co. Ltd.(b)   582,794    33,353,565 
Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp.(b)   2,808,000    37,627,714 
Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co. Ltd.(c)   197     
Synnex Technology International Corp.(b)   15,548,364    37,410,516 
Unimicron Technology Corp.(b)   9,939,000    72,948,428 
WPG Holdings Ltd.(b)   19,148,604    34,727,602 
Yageo Corp.(b)   3,122,125    43,184,870 
Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.(b)   6,089,072    25,175,434 
         770,210,814 
Security  Shares   Value 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%          
President Chain Store Corp.(b)   4,427,215   $41,899,653 
           
Food Products — 1.2%          
Uni-President Enterprises Corp.   30,429,189    70,410,366 
           
Household Durables — 0.4%          
Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.(b)   1,935,000    20,921,560 
           
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.6%          
Far Eastern New Century Corp.   30,246,843    31,690,458 
           
Insurance — 5.3%          
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.(b)   50,615,315    96,544,147 
China Development Financial Holding Corp.(b)   124,666,587    69,125,799 
Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.(b)   46,979,689    103,015,648 
Shin Kong Financial Holding Co. Ltd.   112,567,273    35,758,727 
         304,444,321 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%          
momo.com Inc.   389,000    11,102,451 
           
Leisure Products — 0.5%          
Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.(b)   2,956,590    26,663,669 
           
Machinery — 0.6%          
Airtac International Group(b)   1,116,826    36,353,448 
           
Marine — 2.6%          
Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.(b)   17,811,533    85,310,294 
Wan Hai Lines Ltd.(b)   3,894,200    20,843,966 
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp.(a)(b)   9,880,000    41,957,993 
         148,112,253 
Metals & Mining — 1.6%          
China Steel Corp.(b)   76,399,977    90,816,630 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%          
Formosa Petrochemical Corp.(b)   10,261,950    34,127,255 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%          
Ruentex Development Co. Ltd.(b)   15,834,459    41,839,012 
           
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 37.3%          
ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.(b)   21,225,432    75,569,854 
ASMedia Technology Inc.(b)   361,000    16,797,148 
eMemory Technology Inc.   425,000    22,309,712 
Globalwafers Co. Ltd.(b)   1,864,000    39,994,687 
MediaTek Inc.   8,582,175    265,370,545 
Nanya Technology Corp.(b)   11,560,000    26,382,244 
Novatek Microelectronics Corp.(b)   4,058,544    56,220,057 
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.   4,272,000    8,507,204 
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.(b)   3,367,063    51,103,951 
Silergy Corp.(b)   596,000    61,249,992 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.   68,865,882    1,302,317,534 
United Microelectronics Corp.(b)   71,444,501    125,893,243 
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.(b)   8,141,000    29,861,222 
Win Semiconductors Corp.(b)   2,766,000    21,358,066 
Winbond Electronics Corp.(b)   32,174,000    32,118,775 
         2,135,054,234 
Specialty Retail — 0.8%          
Hotai Motor Co. Ltd.(b)   2,190,000    47,389,324 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 7.0%          
Acer Inc.(b)   30,336,737    30,215,907 
Advantech Co. Ltd.(b)   3,261,827    40,253,643 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF
May 31, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (continued)          
Asustek Computer Inc.(b)   5,045,857   $59,076,936 
Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.(b)   5,341,743    30,065,863 
Compal Electronics Inc.(b)   38,001,554    30,016,450 
Inventec Corp.(b)   30,778,868    27,212,459 
Lite-On Technology Corp.   17,781,071    38,466,596 
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.(b)   6,286,000    28,982,319 
Pegatron Corp.   15,240,037    36,369,975 
Quanta Computer Inc.(b)   18,829,240    51,380,980 
Wiwynn Corp.(b)   996,000    31,378,286 
         403,419,414 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 1.5%          
Eclat Textile Co. Ltd.(b)   1,877,601    31,938,210 
Feng TAY Enterprise Co. Ltd.   4,277,747    27,706,072 
Pou Chen Corp.   26,406,103    28,339,489 
         87,983,771 
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.4%          
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp.(b)   24,199,000    23,025,002 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.5%          
Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.(b)   14,183,259    38,828,668 
Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.   11,930,609    44,333,388 
         83,162,056 
Total Common Stocks — 99.9%          
(Cost: $2,344,620,569)       5,723,653,319 
Security  Shares   Value 
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 10.7%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.87%(d)(e)(f)   612,202,659   $612,202,659 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.72%(d)(e)   2,680,000    2,680,000 
         614,882,659 
Total Short-Term Securities — 10.7%          
(Cost: $614,841,945)        614,882,659 
Total Investments in Securities — 110.6%          
(Cost: $2,959,462,514)        6,338,535,978 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (10.6)%        (608,850,341)
Net Assets — 100.0%       $5,729,685,637 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.

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

(d)Affiliate of the Fund.

(e)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f)All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

Affiliated Issuer  Value at
08/31/21
   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sale
   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value at
05/31/22
   Shares
Held at
05/31/22
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $836,443,148   $   $(223,971,390)(a)  $(250,580)  $(18,519)  $612,202,659   612,202,659   $10,212,874(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   46,300,000        (43,620,000)(a)           2,680,000   2,680,000    2,755     
                  $(250,580)  $(18,519)  $614,882,659       $10,215,629   $ 

 

(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.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description   Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
(000)
      Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                            
FTSE Taiwan Index     170     06/29/22   $ 9,860     $ 136,488  

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF
May 31, 2022  

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows: 

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;

Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investments                
Assets                
Common Stocks  $8,507,204   $5,715,146,113   $2   $5,723,653,319 
Money Market Funds   614,882,659            614,882,659 
   $623,389,863   $5,715,146,113   $2   $6,338,535,978 
                     
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $136,488   $   $136,488 

 

(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

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