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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
May 31, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%          
Hanwha Aerospace Co. Ltd.   148,719   $11,888,556 
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.   450,592    17,474,690 
         29,363,246 
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%          
Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.   117,463    14,944,007 
           
Passenger Airlines — 0.5%          
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.   1,039,622    17,283,710 
           
Automobile Components — 2.1%          
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.   497,862    12,928,166 
Hanon Systems   1,262,683    8,918,139 
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.   295,023    49,525,877 
         71,372,182 
Automobiles — 5.1%          
Hyundai Motor Co.   623,654    93,845,114 
Kia Corp.   1,207,334    78,000,618 
         171,845,732 
Banks — 6.5%          
Hana Financial Group Inc.   1,448,607    45,189,173 
Industrial Bank of Korea   1,615,360    12,419,107 
KakaoBank Corp.   679,119    13,394,538 
KB Financial Group Inc.   1,798,461    64,854,483 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.   2,158,582    56,872,981 
Woori Financial Group Inc.   2,873,810    25,912,425 
         218,642,707 
Biotechnology — 2.0%          
Celltrion Inc.   470,576    60,637,967 
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   114,679    7,125,729 
         67,763,696 
Capital Markets — 1.3%          
Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.   254,068    10,602,397 
Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.   2,377,501    13,065,051 
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.(b)   1,129,253    8,497,005 
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.   411,477    11,388,121 
         43,552,574 
Chemicals — 5.1%          
Hanwha Solutions Corp.(a)   590,649    19,881,678 
Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.(b)   138,187    13,201,725 
LG Chem Ltd.   212,233    110,609,238 
Lotte Chemical Corp.   118,659    14,885,840 
SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   107,449    7,165,080 
SKC Co. Ltd.   89,526    6,397,858 
         172,141,419 
Construction & Engineering — 1.0%          
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.   470,631    13,559,937 
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   994,176    21,185,744 
         34,745,681 
Construction Materials — 1.2%          
POSCO Future M Co. Ltd.(b)   154,285    40,635,315 
           
Financial Services — 0.8%          
Kakao Pay Corp.(a)   115,991    5,244,427 
Meritz Financial Group Inc.(b)   666,847    22,610,091 
         27,854,518 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%
KT Corp.   279,008    6,633,301 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)
LG Uplus Corp.   1,275,478   $10,799,380 
         17,432,681 
Electric Utilities — 0.6%          
Korea Electric Power Corp.(a)   1,319,303    18,978,521 
           
Electrical Equipment — 3.8%          
Doosan Enerbility Co. Ltd.(a)   1,855,658    22,432,236 
Ecopro BM Co. Ltd.(b)   205,433    38,377,697 
LG Energy Solution(a)   146,333    65,941,692 
         126,751,625 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 6.7%
L&F Co. Ltd.(b)   104,955    21,253,441 
LG Display Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   1,338,674    15,859,556 
LG Innotek Co. Ltd.   83,539    19,288,640 
Lotte Energy Materials Corp.(b)   100,876    4,348,679 
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.   289,621    32,143,107 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.   242,262    130,869,800 
         223,763,223 
Entertainment — 2.2%          
HYBE Co. Ltd.(a)   78,651    16,209,810 
Kakao Games Corp.(a)(b)   161,065    4,708,846 
Krafton Inc.(a)(b)   123,647    17,604,791 
NCSoft Corp.   87,065    21,046,843 
Netmarble Corp.(a)(b)(c)   165,099    6,958,410 
Pearl Abyss Corp.(a)(b)   231,530    8,700,034 
         75,228,734 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.5%
BGF retail Co. Ltd.   63,424    9,108,194 
E-MART Inc.(b)   136,513    8,668,557 
         17,776,751 
Food Products — 0.8%          
CJ CheilJedang Corp.(b)   54,289    12,671,613 
Orion Corp./Republic of Korea   149,902    14,586,404 
         27,258,017 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%
HLB Inc.(a)(b)   656,766    18,310,493 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7%
Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.   443,778    24,704,859 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%
Kangwon Land Inc.   702,914    9,648,472 
           
Household Durables — 1.8%          
Coway Co. Ltd.   291,760    10,583,194 
LG Electronics Inc.   525,431    48,554,201 
         59,137,395 
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.1%
CJ Corp.   115,531    7,706,846 
GS Holdings Corp.   330,701    9,594,581 
LG Corp.   440,471    28,566,596 
Samsung C&T Corp.   419,666    34,956,791 
SK Inc.   189,970    24,014,758 
         104,839,572 
Insurance — 1.9%          
DB Insurance Co. Ltd.   319,711    17,845,787 
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.   159,636    27,114,155 
Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.   381,680    19,066,237 
         64,026,179 


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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
May 31, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Interactive Media & Services — 4.1%          
Kakao Corp.   1,299,697   $54,993,034 
NAVER Corp.   555,674    83,411,794 
         138,404,828 
IT Services — 0.5%          
Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.   177,486    16,615,837 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.5%          
Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(c)   83,789    49,444,451 
           
Machinery — 1.8%          
Doosan Bobcat Inc.   380,665    15,313,027 
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   94,169    8,230,726 
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)   214,264    15,534,258 
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   103,321    5,798,630 
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)   3,565,487    16,438,951 
         61,315,592 
Marine Transportation — 0.7%          
HMM Co. Ltd.(b)   1,124,738    15,023,201 
Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.   2,395,473    8,501,431 
         23,524,632 
Metals & Mining — 3.6%          
Hyundai Steel Co.   522,974    12,840,466 
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   51,015    18,465,341 
POSCO Holdings Inc.   328,478    89,006,997 
         120,312,804 
Broadline Retail — 0.0%          
Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.   1    60 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.0%          
HD Hyundai Co. Ltd.   296,819    12,774,272 
SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)   271,876    38,697,971 
S-Oil Corp.   260,036    14,131,725 
         65,603,968 
Personal Care Products — 0.9%          
Amorepacific Corp.(b)   167,679    13,192,650 
LG H&H Co. Ltd.   45,583    18,075,747 
         31,268,397 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%          
Celltrion Pharm Inc.(a)(b)   85,619    5,489,073 
Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.   48,415    10,653,407 
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.(a)   133,891    7,412,198 
Yuhan Corp.   367,640    16,435,472 
         39,990,150 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.2%
SK Hynix Inc.   2,363,047    192,714,479 
SK Square Co. Ltd.(a)   416,347    14,480,495 
         207,194,974 
Specialty Retail — 0.3%          
Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.(b)   190,503    11,080,225 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 23.1%
CosmoAM&T Co. Ltd.(a)   62,993    8,481,333 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   14,364,463    770,660,090 
         779,141,423 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%
F&F Co. Ltd./New(b)   73,409   $7,148,631 
           
Tobacco — 1.1%          
KT&G Corp.   559,216    35,223,093 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%          
Posco International Corp.   228,251    5,176,384 
           
Total Common Stocks — 97.7%          
(Cost: $1,506,808,124)        3,289,446,758 
         
Preferred Stocks          
           
Automobiles — 0.9%          
Hyundai Motor Co.          
Preference Shares, NVS   166,257    13,188,542 
Series 2, Preference Shares, NVS   218,924    17,389,802 
         30,578,344 
Chemicals — 0.5%          
LG Chem Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   57,608    15,659,156 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   88,963    3,918,395 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.5%          
(Cost: $21,098,368)        50,155,895 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.2%          
(Cost: $1,527,906,492)        3,339,602,653 
         
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 5.1%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.29%(d)(e)(f)   170,076,029    170,110,044 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.07%(d)(e)   2,340,000    2,340,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 5.1%          
(Cost: $172,459,267)        172,450,044 
           
Total Investments — 104.3%          
(Cost: $1,700,365,759)        3,512,052,697 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.3)%    (145,889,531)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $3,366,163,166 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

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

(c)Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(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.


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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
May 31, 2023  

  

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                                   Capital 
                                   Gain 
                   Change in               Distributions 
                   Unrealized       Shares       from 
   Value at   Purchases   Proceeds   Net Realized   Appreciation   Value at   Held at       Underlying 
Affiliated Issuer  08/31/22   at Cost   from Sale   Gain (Loss)   (Depreciation)   05/31/23   05/31/23   Income   Funds 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $132,934,661   $37,187,567(a)  $   $42,311   $(54,495)  $170,110,044   170,076,029   $1,853,953(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   1,750,000    590,000(a)               2,340,000   2,340,000    64,483    1 
                  $42,311   $(54,495)  $172,450,044       $1,918,436   $1 

 

(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

 

               Value/ 
           Notional   Unrealized 
   Number of   Expiration   Amount   Appreciation 
Description   Contracts    Date    (000)    (Depreciation) 
Long Contracts                    
KOSPI 200 Index   289    06/08/23   $18,424   $1,113,015 

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End

 

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 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 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 
Assets                    
Investments                    
Long-Term Investments                    
Common Stocks  $   $3,289,446,758   $   $3,289,446,758 
Preferred Stocks       50,155,895        50,155,895 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds   172,450,044            172,450,044 
   $172,450,044   $3,339,602,653   $   $3,512,052,697 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
May 31, 2023  

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Equity Contracts  $   $1,113,015   $   $1,113,015 

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

NVSNon-Voting Shares

 

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