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FEBRUARY 28, 2022 |
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2022 Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)
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iShares, Inc.
· iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF | EWH | NYSE Arca
· iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF | SCJ | NYSE Arca
· iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF | EWM | NYSE Arca
· iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF | EPP | NYSE Arca
· iShares MSCI Singapore ETF | EWS | NYSE Arca
· iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | EWT | NYSE Arca
· iShares MSCI Thailand ETF | THD | NYSE Arca
Dear Shareholder,
The 12-month reporting period as of February 28, 2022 saw a continuation of the resurgent growth that followed the initial coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic reopening, albeit at a slower pace. The global economy weathered the emergence of several variant strains and the resulting peaks and troughs in infections amid optimism that increasing vaccinations and economic adaptation could help contain the pandemic’s disruptions. However, rapid changes in consumer spending led to supply constraints and elevated inflation. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the invasion has presented challenges for both investors and policymakers.
Equity prices were mixed, as persistently high inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates, which particularly weighed on relatively high valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. Overall, small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, while large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted a solid advance. International equities from developed markets gained slightly, although emerging market stocks declined, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose during the reporting period as the economy expanded rapidly and inflation reached its highest annualized reading in decades. In the corporate bond market, the improving economy assuaged credit concerns and led to modest returns for high-yield corporate bonds, outpacing the negative return of investment-grade corporate bonds.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) maintained accommodative monetary policy during the reporting period by keeping near-zero interest rates. However, the Fed’s tone shifted during the period, as it reduced its bond-buying program and raised the prospect of higher rates in 2022. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s new stance led many analysts to anticipate that the Fed will raise interest rates multiple times throughout the year.
Looking ahead, however, the horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy. Sanctions on Russia and general wartime disruption are likely to drive already-high commodity prices even further upwards, and we have already seen spikes in energy and metal markets. While this will exacerbate inflationary pressure, it could also constrain economic growth, making the Fed’s way forward less clear. Its challenge will be combating inflation without stifling a recovery that is now facing additional supply shocks.
In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as we believe low interest rates and continued economic growth will support further gains, albeit likely more modest than what we saw in 2021. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long term. U.S. and other developed market equities have room for further growth, while we believe Chinese equities stand to gain from a more accommodative monetary and fiscal environment. We are underweight long-term credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.
Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Total Returns as of February 28, 2022 | ||||
6-Month |
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U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index) |
(2.62)% | 16.39% | ||
U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index) |
(9.46) | (6.01) | ||
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) |
(6.78) | 2.83 | ||
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) |
(9.81) | (10.69) | ||
3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) |
0.02 | 0.04 | ||
U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index) |
(3.94) | (1.67) | ||
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) |
(4.07) | (2.64) | ||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index) |
(3.09) | (0.66) | ||
U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) |
(3.07) | 0.64 | ||
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index. |
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T H I S P A G E I S N O T P A R T O F Y O U R F U N D R E P O R T |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Hong Kong equities, as represented by the MSCI Hong Kong 25/50 Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(10.83 | )% | (11.66 | )% | 4.21 | % | 5.34 | % | (11.66 | )% | 22.91 | % | 68.28 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(11.00 | ) | (11.59 | ) | 4.10 | 5.36 | (11.59 | ) | 22.22 | 68.56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(10.78 | ) | (11.36 | ) | 4.72 | 5.89 | (11.36 | ) | 25.92 | 77.31 |
Index performance through August 31, 2020 reflects the performance of the MSCI Hong Kong Index. Index performance beginning on September 1, 2020 reflects the performance of the MSCI Hong Kong 25/50 Index.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.
Expense Example
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 891.70 | $ 2.30 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.40 | $ 2.46 | 0.49 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Financials |
41.7 | % | ||
Real Estate |
21.2 | |||
Industrials |
16.1 | |||
Utilities |
11.3 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
5.7 | |||
Consumer Staples |
2.7 | |||
Communication Services |
1.3 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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AIA Group Ltd. |
22.3 | % | ||
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. |
12.6 | |||
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. |
4.7 | |||
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. |
4.1 | |||
Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. |
3.8 | |||
CLP Holdings Ltd. |
3.8 | |||
Link REIT |
3.7 | |||
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. |
3.4 | |||
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. |
3.2 | |||
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. |
3.0 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of small-capitalization Japanese equities, as represented by the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(9.75 | )% | (5.50 | )% | 4.04 | % | 7.05 | % | (5.50 | )% | 21.92 | % | 97.58 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(9.20 | ) | (5.90 | ) | 4.22 | 7.14 | (5.90 | ) | 22.97 | 99.27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(10.36 | ) | (5.75 | ) | 4.24 | 7.33 | (5.75 | ) | 23.07 | 102.95 |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 902.50 | $ 2.31 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.40 | $ 2.46 | 0.49 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Industrials |
25.2 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
15.5 | |||
Information Technology |
11.6 | |||
Real Estate |
10.7 | |||
Materials |
10.4 | |||
Consumer Staples |
8.6 | |||
Financials |
6.9 | |||
Health Care |
5.5 | |||
Utilities |
2.5 | |||
Communication Services |
2.4 | |||
Energy |
0.7 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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BayCurrent Consulting Inc. |
0.7 | % | ||
Ebara Corp. |
0.7 | |||
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. |
0.6 | |||
MatsukiyoCocokara & Co. |
0.5 | |||
Sojitz Corp. |
0.5 | |||
SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. |
0.5 | |||
Advance Residence Investment Corp. |
0.5 | |||
Food & Life Companies Ltd. |
0.5 | |||
Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd. |
0.4 | |||
Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp. |
0.4 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
F U N D S U M M A R Y |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Malaysia ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Malaysian equities, as represented by the MSCI Malaysia Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(0.37 | )% | (0.80 | )% | 1.35 | % | (1.53 | )% | (0.80 | )% | 6.92 | % | (14.30 | )% | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
0.91 | 1.57 | 1.60 | (1.43 | ) | 1.57 | 8.24 | (13.39 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(0.28 | ) | (0.75 | ) | 1.64 | (1.24 | ) | (0.75 | ) | 8.47 | (11.75 | ) |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 996.30 | $ 2.47 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.30 | $ 2.51 | 0.50 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Financials |
38.4 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
13.0 | |||
Materials |
9.7 | |||
Communication Services |
8.3 | |||
Utilities |
7.5 | |||
Industrials |
6.7 | |||
Health Care |
6.5 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
4.0 | |||
Energy |
3.8 | |||
Information Technology |
2.1 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Public Bank Bhd |
13.9 | % | ||
Malayan Banking Bhd |
8.9 | |||
CIMB Group Holdings Bhd |
8.2 | |||
Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd |
4.9 | |||
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd |
4.7 | |||
Tenaga Nasional Bhd |
4.5 | |||
Petronas Gas Bhd |
3.0 | |||
Hong Leong Bank Bhd |
2.8 | |||
DiGi.Com Bhd |
2.7 | |||
IOI Corp. Bhd |
2.5 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Pacific region developed market equities, excluding Japan, as represented by the MSCI Pacific ex Japan Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(6.05 | )% | (1.92 | )% | 5.49 | % | 4.62 | % | (1.92 | )% | 30.65 | % | 57.07 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(5.73 | ) | (1.54 | ) | 5.53 | 4.76 | (1.54 | ) | 30.89 | 59.14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(6.53 | ) | (1.93 | ) | 5.84 | 5.01 | (1.93 | ) | 32.80 | 63.11 |
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 939.50 | $ 2.26 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.50 | $ 2.36 | 0.47 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Financials |
36.8 | % | ||
Materials |
15.8 | |||
Real Estate |
10.5 | |||
Industrials |
7.9 | |||
Health Care |
7.0 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
5.4 | |||
Communication Services |
5.0 | |||
Consumer Staples |
4.1 | |||
Utilities |
3.7 | |||
Energy |
2.4 | |||
Information Technology |
1.4 |
GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION
Country/Geographic Region |
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Australia |
60.6 | % | ||
Hong Kong |
23.2 | |||
Singapore |
12.0 | |||
New Zealand |
2.2 | |||
Cayman Islands |
1.3 | |||
Ireland |
0.7 | |||
Malta |
0.0 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Singapore ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Singapore ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Singaporean equities, as represented by the MSCI Singapore 25/50 Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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Fund NAV |
(4.70 | )%(a) | (0.15 | )% | 2.98 | % | 1.86 | % | (0.15 | )% | 15.81 | % | 20.29 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(4.80 | ) | 0.81 | 3.00 | 1.93 | 0.81 | 15.92 | 21.11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(5.54 | ) | (0.46 | ) | 3.33 | 2.24 | (0.46 | ) | 17.77 | 24.84 |
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The NAV total return presented in the table for the six-months period differs from the same period return disclosed in the financial highlights. The total return in the financial highlights is calculated in the same manner but differs due to certain adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. |
Index performance through November 30, 2016 reflects the performance of the MSCI Singapore Index. Index performance beginning on December 1, 2016 reflects the performance of the MSCI Singapore 25/50 Index.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 953.00 | $ 2.37 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.40 | $ 2.46 | 0.49 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Financials |
35.5 | % | ||
Communication Services |
21.4 | |||
Real Estate |
19.4 | |||
Industrials |
14.1 | |||
Consumer Staples |
3.9 | |||
Information Technology |
2.9 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
2.8 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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DBS Group Holdings Ltd. |
17.2 | % | ||
Sea Ltd. |
16.7 | |||
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd. |
10.5 | |||
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. |
4.7 | |||
United Overseas Bank Ltd. |
4.3 | |||
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust |
4.3 | |||
Keppel Corp. Ltd. |
4.1 | |||
Wilmar International Ltd. |
3.9 | |||
Singapore Exchange Ltd. |
3.5 | |||
Singapore Airlines Ltd. |
3.5 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Taiwan ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Taiwanese equities, as represented by the MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
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Fund NAV |
1.57 | % | 12.93 | % | 17.48 | % | 11.50 | % | 12.93 | % | 123.80 | % | 196.99 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
1.11 | 12.37 | 17.58 | 11.57 | 12.37 | 124.78 | 198.91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
0.52 | 12.64 | 17.89 | 12.04 | 12.64 | 127.75 | 211.61 |
Index performance through November 30, 2016 reflects the performance of the MSCI Taiwan Index. Index performance beginning on December 1, 2016 reflects the performance of the MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,015.70 | $ 2.90 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,021.90 | $ 2.91 | 0.58 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
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Information Technology |
58.8 | % | ||
Financials |
18.9 | |||
Materials |
7.1 | |||
Industrials |
4.9 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
3.8 | |||
Communication Services |
2.9 | |||
Consumer Staples |
1.8 | |||
Other (each representing less than 1%) |
1.8 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security |
|
Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
21.7 | % | ||
MediaTek Inc. |
5.3 | |||
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. |
4.1 | |||
United Microelectronics Corp. |
2.1 | |||
Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd. |
2.0 | |||
Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. |
1.8 | |||
CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. |
1.7 | |||
Delta Electronics Inc. |
1.7 | |||
Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. |
1.6 | |||
Nan Ya Plastics Corp. |
1.6 |
(a) |
Excludes money market funds. |
F U N D S U M M A R Y |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Thailand ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Thailand ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of a broad-based index composed of Thai equities, as represented by the MSCI Thailand IMI 25/50 Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
0.84 | % | 4.84 | % | 3.70 | % | 3.56 | % | 4.84 | % | 19.92 | % | 41.82 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
2.06 | 5.82 | 3.92 | 3.70 | 5.82 | 21.17 | 43.76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
0.42 | 2.40 | 3.88 | 3.72 | 2.40 | 20.97 | 44.15 |
Index performance through February 11, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Thailand Investable Market Index. Index performance beginning on February 12, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Thailand IMI 25/50 Index.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 11 for more information.
Expense Example
Actual | Hypothetical 5% Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) |
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Beginning Account Value (09/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
(a) |
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Annualized Expense Ratio |
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 1,008.40 | $ 2.84 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,022.00 | $ 2.86 | 0.57 | % |
(a) |
Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector |
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Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
Energy |
13.9 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
12.1 | |||
Materials |
11.2 | |||
Utilities |
9.8 | |||
Financials |
9.2 | |||
Industrials |
9.1 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
8.7 | |||
Communication Services |
8.6 | |||
Health Care |
6.9 | |||
Real Estate |
6.4 | |||
Information Technology |
4.1 |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security |
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Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
CP ALL PCL |
6.8 | % | ||
PTT PCL |
6.7 | |||
Siam Cement PCL (The) |
5.2 | |||
Airports of Thailand PCL |
4.7 | |||
Advanced Info Service PCL |
4.6 | |||
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL |
3.8 | |||
PTT Exploration & Production PCL |
3.2 | |||
Gulf Energy Development PCL |
2.5 | |||
Energy Absolute PCL |
2.4 | |||
Delta Electronics Thailand PCL |
2.2 |
(a) |
Excludes money market funds. |
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Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.
Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.
Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.
The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in a Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
A B O U T F U N D P E R F O R M A N C E / S H A R E H O L D E R E X P E N S E S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
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Banks — 6.2% | ||||||||
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd. |
7,245,000 | $ | 26,046,238 | |||||
Hang Seng Bank Ltd. |
1,474,600 | 27,193,229 | ||||||
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53,239,467 | ||||||||
Beverages — 1.3% | ||||||||
Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(a) |
3,585,900 | 11,130,524 | ||||||
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Building Products — 1.2% | ||||||||
Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd. |
3,907,000 | 10,407,235 | ||||||
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Capital Markets — 13.2% | ||||||||
Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR(b)(c) |
108,967 | 4,658,339 | ||||||
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. |
2,220,426 | 107,594,413 | ||||||
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112,252,752 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3% | ||||||||
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd., Class SS |
8,070,500 | 10,885,147 | ||||||
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Electric Utilities — 7.5% | ||||||||
CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. |
1,318,500 | 8,185,249 | ||||||
CLP Holdings Ltd. |
3,150,700 | 32,097,089 | ||||||
HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd., Class SS |
6,418,000 | 6,332,094 | ||||||
Power Assets Holdings Ltd. |
2,790,000 | 17,584,049 | ||||||
|
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64,198,481 | ||||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.7% | ||||||||
Link REIT |
3,934,800 | 31,796,326 | ||||||
|
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Food Products — 1.4% | ||||||||
WH Group Ltd.(a) |
16,853,000 | 11,769,724 | ||||||
|
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Gas Utilities — 3.8% | ||||||||
Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. |
21,453,495 | 32,442,969 | ||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.7% | ||||||||
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.(b) |
4,138,000 | 23,078,580 | ||||||
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR(b) |
477,838 | 4,787,937 | ||||||
Sands China Ltd.(b) |
4,788,400 | 12,629,314 | ||||||
|
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40,495,831 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 7.0% | ||||||||
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. |
4,989,767 | 34,983,571 | ||||||
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. |
420,400 | 25,013,800 | ||||||
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59,997,371 | ||||||||
Insurance — 22.3% | ||||||||
AIA Group Ltd. |
18,301,400 | 190,038,896 | ||||||
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Machinery — 4.7% | ||||||||
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. |
2,375,147 | 39,798,095 | ||||||
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Marine — 1.3% | ||||||||
SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,630,000 | 10,843,903 | ||||||
|
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Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 17.5% | ||||||||
CK Asset Holdings Ltd. |
3,918,767 | $ | 24,751,103 | |||||
ESR Cayman Ltd.(a)(b) |
3,818,200 | 11,779,246 | ||||||
Hang Lung Properties Ltd. |
4,247,000 | 8,902,037 | ||||||
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. |
3,000,762 | 12,475,784 | ||||||
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. |
2,401,000 | 13,002,368 | ||||||
New World Development Co. Ltd. |
3,115,266 | 12,459,945 | ||||||
Sino Land Co. Ltd. |
6,836,000 | 8,628,391 | ||||||
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. |
2,496,500 | 29,023,761 | ||||||
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A |
1,127,500 | 6,230,805 | ||||||
Swire Properties Ltd. |
2,655,000 | 6,904,374 | ||||||
Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd. |
3,335,150 | 14,972,438 | ||||||
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149,130,252 | ||||||||
Road & Rail — 1.9% | ||||||||
MTR Corp. Ltd. |
3,094,083 | 16,038,185 | ||||||
|
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Specialty Retail — 1.0% | ||||||||
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.(b) |
4,014,200 | 8,335,640 | ||||||
|
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Total
Common Stocks — 100.0% |
|
852,800,798 | ||||||
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Short-Term Investments |
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Money Market Funds — 0.2% | ||||||||
BlackRock
Cash Funds: Institutional, |
1,036,519 | 1,036,726 | ||||||
BlackRock
Cash Funds: Treasury, |
710,000 | 710,000 | ||||||
|
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1,746,726 | ||||||||
|
|
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Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.2% |
|
1,746,726 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 100.2% |
|
854,547,524 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.2)% |
|
(1,420,721 | ) | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 853,126,803 | |||||
|
|
(a) |
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. |
(b) |
Non-income producing security. |
(c) |
All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(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) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended February 28, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
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Affiliated Issuer |
Value at 08/31/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at 02/28/22 |
Shares Held at 02/28/22 |
Income |
Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds |
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BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares |
$ | 14,915,960 | $ | — | $ | (13,879,130 | )(a) | $ | (23 | ) | $ | (81 | ) | $ | 1,036,726 | 1,036,519 | $ | 517,214 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
1,700,000 | — | (990,000 | )(a) | — | — | 710,000 | 710,000 | 61 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | (23 | ) | $ | (81 | ) | $ | 1,746,726 | $ | 517,275 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(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
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Description | Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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Long Contracts |
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MSCI EAFE Index |
3 | 03/18/22 | $ | 324 | $ | (14,688 | ) | |||||||||
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Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
|
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Equity Contracts |
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|
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Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments |
||||
Futures contracts |
||||
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 14,688 | ||
|
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(a) |
Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended February 28, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
|
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Equity Contracts |
||||
|
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Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (228,556 | ) | |
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Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (40,639 | ) | |
|
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Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
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Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 2,536,465 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to 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.
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Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
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Investments |
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Assets |
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Common Stocks |
$ | 60,579,354 | $ | 792,221,444 | $ | — | $ | 852,800,798 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
1,746,726 | — | — | 1,746,726 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 62,326,080 | $ | 792,221,444 | $ | — | $ | 854,547,524 | |||||||||
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Derivative financial instruments(a) |
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Liabilities |
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Futures Contracts |
$ | (14,688 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (14,688 | ) | ||||||
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(a) |
Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
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Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3% | ||||||||
Kintetsu World Express Inc. |
3,000 | $ | 78,622 | |||||
Konoike Transport Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 31,376 | ||||||
Maruwa Unyu Kikan Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 27,728 | ||||||
Mitsui-Soko Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 41,629 | ||||||
SBS Holdings Inc. |
2,000 | 58,102 | ||||||
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237,457 | ||||||||
Auto Components — 3.0% | ||||||||
Eagle Industry Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 18,049 | ||||||
Exedy Corp. |
3,000 | 43,653 | ||||||
FCC Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 36,914 | ||||||
G-Tekt Corp. |
2,000 | 25,303 | ||||||
Ichikoh Industries Ltd. |
3,000 | 13,234 | ||||||
JTEKT Corp. |
18,000 | 155,275 | ||||||
KYB Corp. |
2,000 | 53,722 | ||||||
Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 62,436 | ||||||
NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd. |
14,000 | 252,289 | ||||||
NHK Spring Co. Ltd. |
17,000 | 135,486 | ||||||
Nifco Inc./Japan |
7,000 | 199,052 | ||||||
Nippon Seiki Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 33,898 | ||||||
NOK Corp. |
8,000 | 83,745 | ||||||
Pacific Industrial Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 35,461 | ||||||
Piolax Inc. |
2,000 | 30,059 | ||||||
Shoei Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 79,408 | ||||||
Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 16,412 | ||||||
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. |
15,000 | 145,143 | ||||||
Tokai Rika Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 66,358 | ||||||
Topre Corp. |
3,000 | 31,113 | ||||||
Toyo Tire Corp. |
10,000 | 132,541 | ||||||
Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 114,189 | ||||||
Toyota Boshoku Corp. |
6,000 | 109,800 | ||||||
TPR Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 24,207 | ||||||
TS Tech Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 107,948 | ||||||
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (The) |
11,000 | 154,224 | ||||||
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2,159,919 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.3% | ||||||||
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.(a) |
59,000 | 154,835 | ||||||
Nissan Shatai Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 34,288 | ||||||
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189,123 | ||||||||
Banks — 4.3% | ||||||||
77 Bank Ltd. (The) |
5,000 | 67,516 | ||||||
Aozora Bank Ltd. |
11,000 | 247,679 | ||||||
Awa Bank Ltd. (The) |
3,000 | 60,468 | ||||||
Bank of Kyoto Ltd. (The) |
5,000 | 222,176 | ||||||
Chugoku Bank Ltd. (The) |
13,000 | 102,296 | ||||||
Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Inc. |
3,000 | 69,391 | ||||||
Fukuoka Financial Group Inc. |
15,000 | 295,717 | ||||||
Gunma Bank Ltd. (The) |
32,000 | 105,784 | ||||||
Hachijuni Bank Ltd. (The) |
33,000 | 124,711 | ||||||
Hirogin Holdings Inc. |
25,000 | 147,272 | ||||||
Hokkoku Financial Holdings Inc. |
2,000 | 52,812 | ||||||
Hokuhoku Financial Group Inc. |
10,000 | 81,326 | ||||||
Hyakugo Bank Ltd. (The) |
18,000 | 55,503 | ||||||
Iyo Bank Ltd. (The) |
20,000 | 107,184 | ||||||
Juroku Financial Group Inc. |
2,000 | 42,361 | ||||||
Keiyo Bank Ltd. (The) |
10,000 | 44,541 | ||||||
Kiyo Bank Ltd. (The) |
5,000 | 64,123 | ||||||
Kyushu Financial Group Inc. |
32,000 | 114,204 | ||||||
Mebuki Financial Group Inc. |
87,000 | 204,009 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Banks (continued) |
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Musashino Bank Ltd. (The) |
2,000 | $ | 33,039 | |||||
Nanto Bank Ltd. (The) |
2,000 | 37,040 | ||||||
Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings Inc. |
11,000 | 78,613 | ||||||
North Pacific Bank Ltd. |
23,000 | 50,695 | ||||||
Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd. (The) |
3,000 | 52,987 | ||||||
Okinawa Financial Group Inc. |
2,000 | 40,867 | ||||||
San-in Godo Bank Ltd. (The) |
13,000 | 76,605 | ||||||
Seven Bank Ltd. |
54,000 | 115,276 | ||||||
Shiga Bank Ltd. (The) |
3,000 | 58,224 | ||||||
Shinsei Bank Ltd. |
6,000 | 112,452 | ||||||
Suruga Bank Ltd. |
14,000 | 54,902 | ||||||
Toho Bank Ltd. (The) |
17,000 | 31,268 | ||||||
TOMONY Holdings Inc. |
12,000 | 35,985 | ||||||
Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc. |
17,500 | 108,040 | ||||||
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3,095,066 | ||||||||
Beverages — 0.5% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc. |
11,000 | 140,051 | ||||||
Sapporo Holdings Ltd. |
6,000 | 118,687 | ||||||
Takara Holdings Inc. |
13,000 | 129,166 | ||||||
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387,904 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.6% | ||||||||
AnGes Inc.(a) |
13,000 | 35,793 | ||||||
GNI Group Ltd.(a) |
4,097 | 45,436 | ||||||
HEALIOS K.K.(a) |
2,000 | 22,119 | ||||||
PeptiDream Inc.(a) |
9,000 | 160,199 | ||||||
Pharma Foods International Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 28,071 | ||||||
SanBio Co. Ltd.(a) |
3,000 | 48,884 | ||||||
Takara Bio Inc. |
4,000 | 83,588 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
424,090 | ||||||||
Building Products — 1.2% | ||||||||
Aica Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 139,993 | ||||||
Bunka Shutter Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 47,364 | ||||||
Central Glass Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 53,835 | ||||||
Nichias Corp. |
5,000 | 113,266 | ||||||
Nichiha Corp. |
2,000 | 45,050 | ||||||
Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd.(a) |
8,000 | 33,389 | ||||||
Nitto Boseki Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 53,139 | ||||||
Noritz Corp. |
2,000 | 26,914 | ||||||
Sanwa Holdings Corp. |
16,000 | 178,811 | ||||||
Sekisui Jushi Corp. |
2,000 | 33,386 | ||||||
Shin Nippon Air Technologies Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 17,896 | ||||||
Sinko Industries Ltd. |
2,000 | 30,271 | ||||||
Takara Standard Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 35,633 | ||||||
Takasago Thermal Engineering Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 67,419 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
876,366 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 0.7% | ||||||||
GMO Financial Holdings Inc. |
3,000 | 21,315 | ||||||
JAFCO Group Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 105,294 | ||||||
M&A Capital Partners Co. Ltd.(a) |
1,000 | 43,887 | ||||||
Matsui Securities Co. Ltd. |
10,000 | 70,262 | ||||||
Monex Group Inc. |
14,000 | 63,827 | ||||||
Okasan Securities Group Inc. |
13,000 | 44,248 | ||||||
SPARX Group Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 17,728 | ||||||
Strike Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 38,960 | ||||||
Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings Inc. |
17,000 | 62,154 | ||||||
Uzabase Inc.(a) |
2,000 | 17,363 | ||||||
WealthNavi Inc.(a) |
2,000 | 30,169 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
515,207 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Chemicals — 6.6% | ||||||||
ADEKA Corp. |
7,000 | $ | 162,346 | |||||
Air Water Inc. |
16,000 | 232,938 | ||||||
C.I. Takiron Corp. |
4,000 | 19,512 | ||||||
Chugoku Marine Paints Ltd. |
3,000 | 24,043 | ||||||
Daicel Corp. |
23,000 | 176,999 | ||||||
Denka Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 214,989 | ||||||
DIC Corp. |
7,000 | 159,456 | ||||||
Fujimi Inc. |
2,000 | 119,322 | ||||||
Fujimori Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 34,705 | ||||||
Fuso Chemical Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 80,704 | ||||||
JCU Corp. |
2,000 | 86,523 | ||||||
JSP Corp. |
1,000 | 14,033 | ||||||
Kaneka Corp. |
4,000 | 130,836 | ||||||
Kanto Denka Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 41,861 | ||||||
KeePer Technical Laboratory Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 18,889 | ||||||
KH Neochem Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 74,182 | ||||||
Konishi Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 41,691 | ||||||
Kumiai Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. |
7,049 | 50,022 | ||||||
Kuraray Co. Ltd. |
27,000 | 253,439 | ||||||
Kureha Corp. |
1,400 | 112,349 | ||||||
Lintec Corp. |
4,000 | 89,162 | ||||||
Nihon Parkerizing Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 60,209 | ||||||
Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd. |
12,000 | 118,861 | ||||||
Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 97,527 | ||||||
Nippon Soda Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 58,591 | ||||||
NOF Corp. |
6,000 | 261,026 | ||||||
Okamoto Industries Inc. |
1,000 | 34,901 | ||||||
Osaka Organic Chemical Industry Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,473 | ||||||
Osaka Soda Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 27,362 | ||||||
Sakata INX Corp. |
4,000 | 33,455 | ||||||
Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd. |
1,000 | 44,677 | ||||||
Shikoku Chemicals Corp. |
3,000 | 38,067 | ||||||
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 38,294 | ||||||
Showa Denko KK |
16,000 | 292,489 | ||||||
Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 125,156 | ||||||
T. Hasegawa Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 62,991 | ||||||
Taiyo Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 80,514 | ||||||
Takasago International Corp. |
1,000 | 24,030 | ||||||
Taki Chemical Co. Ltd. |
400 | 16,627 | ||||||
Teijin Ltd. |
16,000 | 192,478 | ||||||
Tenma Corp. |
1,000 | 22,663 | ||||||
Toagosei Co. Ltd. |
9,000 | 85,613 | ||||||
Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. |
17,000 | 163,171 | ||||||
Tokuyama Corp. |
5,000 | 77,047 | ||||||
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 191,289 | ||||||
Toyo Gosei Co. Ltd. |
400 | 33,568 | ||||||
Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 50,286 | ||||||
Toyobo Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 75,770 | ||||||
Ube Industries Ltd. |
9,000 | 165,886 | ||||||
Zeon Corp. |
12,000 | 140,828 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,777,850 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.5% | ||||||||
Aeon Delight Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 51,927 | ||||||
Daiseki Co. Ltd. |
4,012 | 163,441 | ||||||
Duskin Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 73,238 | ||||||
Japan Elevator Service Holdings Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 65,597 | ||||||
Kokuyo Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 98,133 | ||||||
Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd. |
1,060 | 22,958 | ||||||
Midac Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 20,461 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Pencil Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 33,526 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies (continued) | ||||||||
Nippon Kanzai Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | $ | 49,665 | |||||
Nippon Parking Development Co. Ltd. |
16,000 | 19,523 | ||||||
Okamura Corp. |
5,000 | 51,519 | ||||||
Park24 Co. Ltd.(a) |
10,000 | 149,458 | ||||||
Pilot Corp. |
2,000 | 82,265 | ||||||
Prestige International Inc. |
8,000 | 48,725 | ||||||
Raksul Inc.(a) |
2,000 | 54,631 | ||||||
Sato Holdings Corp. |
2,000 | 35,525 | ||||||
TRE Holdings Corp. |
4,000 | 59,952 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,080,544 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 4.1% | ||||||||
Chiyoda Corp.(a) |
14,000 | 43,811 | ||||||
Chudenko Corp. |
2,000 | 38,089 | ||||||
COMSYS Holdings Corp. |
10,000 | 241,821 | ||||||
Dai-Dan Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 20,308 | ||||||
Daiho Corp. |
1,000 | 31,254 | ||||||
EXEO Group Inc. |
9,000 | 187,347 | ||||||
Hazama Ando Corp. |
12,000 | 96,658 | ||||||
INFRONEER Holdings Inc. |
18,840 | 167,153 | ||||||
JDC Corp. |
4,000 | 18,680 | ||||||
JGC Holdings Corp. |
20,000 | 200,458 | ||||||
JTOWER Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 36,122 | ||||||
Kandenko Co. Ltd. |
9,000 | 68,437 | ||||||
Kinden Corp. |
11,000 | 156,009 | ||||||
Kumagai Gumi Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 75,418 | ||||||
Kyudenko Corp. |
4,000 | 107,387 | ||||||
Mirait Holdings Corp. |
8,000 | 135,960 | ||||||
Nippon Densetsu Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 41,598 | ||||||
Nippon Koei Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,738 | ||||||
Nippon Road Co. Ltd. (The) |
900 | 76,376 | ||||||
Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 99,796 | ||||||
Okumura Corp. |
3,000 | 84,725 | ||||||
Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. |
25,000 | 131,598 | ||||||
Raito Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 68,150 | ||||||
Raiznext Corp. |
2,000 | 19,803 | ||||||
Sanki Engineering Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 51,909 | ||||||
Shinnihon Corp. |
2,000 | 13,053 | ||||||
SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 179,193 | ||||||
Sumitomo Densetsu Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 20,152 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd. |
13,000 | 49,942 | ||||||
Taihei Dengyo Kaisha Ltd. |
1,000 | 22,785 | ||||||
Taikisha Ltd. |
2,000 | 54,073 | ||||||
Takamatsu Construction Group Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 17,727 | ||||||
Toa Corp./Tokyo |
1,000 | 22,507 | ||||||
Toda Corp. |
20,000 | 133,554 | ||||||
Toenec Corp. |
1,000 | 30,965 | ||||||
Tokyu Construction Co. Ltd. |
7,040 | 43,635 | ||||||
Totetsu Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 43,673 | ||||||
Toyo Construction Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 31,264 | ||||||
Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp. |
3,000 | 54,801 | ||||||
Yurtec Corp. |
3,000 | 19,258 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,962,187 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 0.5% | ||||||||
Maeda Kosen Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 57,907 | ||||||
Mitani Sekisan Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 53,697 | ||||||
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 89,118 | ||||||
Taiheiyo Cement Corp. |
10,000 | 192,284 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
393,006 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Consume Finance — 1.0% | ||||||||
AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd. |
10,000 | $ | 102,996 | |||||
Aiful Corp. |
28,000 | 89,773 | ||||||
Credit Saison Co. Ltd. |
13,000 | 146,340 | ||||||
Jaccs Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 56,483 | ||||||
Marui Group Co. Ltd. |
15,000 | 295,214 | ||||||
Orient Corp. |
47,000 | 51,645 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
742,451 | ||||||||
Containers & Packaging — 0.7% | ||||||||
FP Corp. |
4,100 | 116,503 | ||||||
Fuji Seal International Inc. |
4,000 | 63,207 | ||||||
Pack Corp. (The) |
1,000 | 23,922 | ||||||
Rengo Co. Ltd. |
16,000 | 119,757 | ||||||
Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd. |
13,000 | 173,685 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
497,074 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.2% | ||||||||
Arata Corp. |
1,000 | 34,857 | ||||||
Doshisha Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 27,117 | ||||||
Paltac Corp. |
3,000 | 116,742 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
178,716 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Benesse Holdings Inc. |
6,000 | 122,210 | ||||||
LITALICO Inc. |
2,000 | 49,771 | ||||||
Riso Kyoiku Co. Ltd. |
10,000 | 31,343 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
203,324 | ||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
eGuarantee Inc. |
3,000 | 53,392 | ||||||
Financial Products Group Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 44,685 | ||||||
Fuyo General Lease Co. Ltd. |
1,500 | 98,258 | ||||||
Japan Securities Finance Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 63,832 | ||||||
Mizuho Leasing Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 54,024 | ||||||
Ricoh Leasing Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 32,359 | ||||||
Zenkoku Hosho Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 210,263 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
556,813 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
ARTERIA Networks Corp. |
2,000 | 23,164 | ||||||
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. |
5,000 | 160,691 | ||||||
Usen-Next Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 21,169 | ||||||
Vision Inc./Tokyo Japan(a) |
3,000 | 30,479 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
235,503 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.4% | ||||||||
Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc. (The) |
26,000 | 203,528 | ||||||
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. Inc. |
16,000 | 70,050 | ||||||
Hokuriku Electric Power Co. |
15,000 | 73,454 | ||||||
Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc. |
36,000 | 271,489 | ||||||
Okinawa Electric Power Co. Inc. (The) |
4,092 | 51,525 | ||||||
Shikoku Electric Power Co. Inc. |
14,000 | 107,645 | ||||||
Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc. |
39,000 | 253,243 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,030,934 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 1.3% | ||||||||
Daihen Corp. |
2,000 | 75,297 | ||||||
Fujikura Ltd.(a) |
21,000 | 113,544 | ||||||
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 118,787 | ||||||
GS Yuasa Corp. |
6,000 | 129,198 | ||||||
Idec Corp./Japan |
2,000 | 44,411 | ||||||
Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 138,277 | ||||||
Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 35,667 | ||||||
Nissin Electric Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 50,903 | ||||||
Nitto Kogyo Corp. |
2,000 | 28,117 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Electrical Equipment (continued) | ||||||||
Sanyo Denki Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | $ | 44,319 | |||||
Toyo Tanso Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,978 | ||||||
Ushio Inc. |
8,000 | 130,698 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
936,196 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.2% | ||||||||
Ai Holdings Corp. |
3,000 | 45,220 | ||||||
Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. |
19,000 | 190,766 | ||||||
Amano Corp. |
5,000 | 98,023 | ||||||
Anritsu Corp. |
12,000 | 168,582 | ||||||
Canon Electronics Inc. |
2,000 | 27,914 | ||||||
Canon Marketing Japan Inc. |
4,000 | 83,601 | ||||||
Citizen Watch Co. Ltd. |
24,000 | 104,546 | ||||||
CONEXIO Corp. |
1,000 | 12,117 | ||||||
Daiwabo Holdings Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 123,835 | ||||||
Dexerials Corp. |
5,000 | 142,756 | ||||||
ESPEC Corp. |
1,000 | 18,011 | ||||||
Hioki E.E. Corp. |
1,000 | 60,043 | ||||||
Horiba Ltd. |
3,000 | 172,606 | ||||||
Hosiden Corp. |
4,000 | 41,320 | ||||||
Iriso Electronics Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 71,437 | ||||||
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Ltd. |
4,000 | 63,038 | ||||||
Japan Display Inc.(a) |
48,000 | 17,659 | ||||||
Kaga Electronics Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,319 | ||||||
Koa Corp. |
3,000 | 38,017 | ||||||
Macnica Fuji Electronics Holdings Inc. |
4,000 | 94,146 | ||||||
Maruwa Co. Ltd./Aichi |
1,000 | 130,595 | ||||||
Meiko Electronics Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 70,072 | ||||||
Nichicon Corp. |
4,000 | 42,530 | ||||||
Nippon Ceramic Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 43,969 | ||||||
Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 168,496 | ||||||
Nippon Signal Company Ltd. |
4,000 | 30,295 | ||||||
Nissha Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 34,485 | ||||||
Nohmi Bosai Ltd. |
2,000 | 34,797 | ||||||
Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 58,944 | ||||||
Optex Group Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 43,704 | ||||||
Restar Holdings Corp. |
1,000 | 17,280 | ||||||
Riken Keiki Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 42,188 | ||||||
Ryosan Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 40,832 | ||||||
Ryoyo Electro Corp. |
1,000 | 19,034 | ||||||
Siix Corp. |
3,000 | 29,336 | ||||||
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. |
10,000 | 452,116 | ||||||
Tamura Corp. |
6,000 | 31,474 | ||||||
Topcon Corp. |
9,000 | 118,676 | ||||||
Yokowo Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 23,899 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,032,678 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
Modec Inc. |
2,000 | 20,457 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Entertainment — 0.8% | ||||||||
Avex Inc. |
3,000 | 36,149 | ||||||
Bushiroad Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 10,703 | ||||||
COLOPL Inc. |
5,000 | 28,182 | ||||||
Daiichikosho Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 91,425 | ||||||
DeNA Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 122,938 | ||||||
GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. |
4,000 | 88,780 | ||||||
Shochiku Co. Ltd.(a) |
1,000 | 104,176 | ||||||
Toei Co. Ltd. |
500 | 77,776 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
560,129 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.6% | ||||||||
Activia Properties Inc. |
60 | $ | 203,648 | |||||
Advance Residence Investment Corp. |
120 | 336,102 | ||||||
AEON REIT Investment Corp. |
140 | 174,568 | ||||||
Comforia Residential REIT Inc. |
60 | 161,951 | ||||||
CRE Logistics REIT Inc. |
50 | 82,911 | ||||||
Daiwa Office Investment Corp. |
30 | 185,508 | ||||||
Daiwa Securities Living Investments Corp. |
170 | 155,334 | ||||||
Frontier Real Estate Investment Corp. |
40 | 164,660 | ||||||
Fukuoka REIT Corp. |
60 | 81,918 | ||||||
Global One Real Estate Investment Corp. |
90 | 86,902 | ||||||
Hankyu Hanshin REIT Inc. |
60 | 75,593 | ||||||
Heiwa Real Estate REIT Inc. |
80 | 96,332 | ||||||
Hoshino Resorts REIT Inc. |
20 | 113,146 | ||||||
Hulic Reit Inc. |
110 | 149,511 | ||||||
Ichigo Office REIT Investment Corp. |
110 | 79,490 | ||||||
Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment Corp. |
170 | 255,739 | ||||||
Invincible Investment Corp. |
550 | 188,611 | ||||||
Itochu Advance Logistics Investment Corp. |
50 | 63,787 | ||||||
Japan Excellent Inc. |
110 | 122,825 | ||||||
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. |
400 | 204,702 | ||||||
Japan Logistics Fund Inc. |
70 | 183,698 | ||||||
Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp. |
70 | 227,917 | ||||||
Kenedix Office Investment Corp. |
40 | 237,178 | ||||||
Kenedix Residential Next Investment Corp. |
80 | 131,427 | ||||||
Kenedix Retail REIT Corp. |
50 | 114,060 | ||||||
LaSalle Logiport REIT |
160 | 229,526 | ||||||
Mirai Corp. |
150 | 63,932 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Investment Corp. |
32 | 118,730 | ||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc. |
51 | 232,897 | ||||||
Mori Hills REIT Investment Corp. |
140 | 168,267 | ||||||
Mori Trust Hotel Reit Inc. |
30 | 32,026 | ||||||
Mori Trust Sogo REIT Inc. |
90 | 107,653 | ||||||
Nippon Accommodations Fund Inc. |
40 | 210,499 | ||||||
NIPPON REIT Investment Corp. |
40 | 125,209 | ||||||
NTT UD REIT Investment Corp. |
120 | 157,274 | ||||||
One REIT Inc. |
20 | 49,863 | ||||||
Samty Residential Investment Corp. |
30 | 30,747 | ||||||
Sekisui House Reit Inc. |
360 | 239,238 | ||||||
SOSiLA Logistics REIT Inc. |
60 | 77,196 | ||||||
Star Asia Investment Corp. |
130 | 65,683 | ||||||
Starts Proceed Investment Corp. |
20 | 39,306 | ||||||
Takara Leben Real Estate Investment Corp. |
50 | 49,846 | ||||||
Tokyu REIT Inc. |
70 | 110,003 | ||||||
United Urban Investment Corp. |
260 | 298,095 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,283,508 | ||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.7% | ||||||||
Aeon Hokkaido Corp. |
2,000 | 20,414 | ||||||
Ain Holdings Inc. |
2,200 | 122,763 | ||||||
Arcs Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 75,757 | ||||||
Axial Retailing Inc. |
1,000 | 28,954 | ||||||
Belc Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 47,889 | ||||||
Cawachi Ltd. |
1,000 | 21,356 | ||||||
Create SD Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 54,862 | ||||||
Daikokutenbussan Co. Ltd. |
500 | 20,759 | ||||||
Fuji Co. Ltd./Ehime |
1,000 | 27,386 | ||||||
G-7 Holdings Inc. |
2,000 | 28,931 | ||||||
Genky DrugStores Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 34,365 | ||||||
Halows Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 25,451 | ||||||
Heiwado Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 52,290 | ||||||
Inageya Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 25,020 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Food & Staples Retailing (continued) | ||||||||
JM Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | $ | 15,547 | |||||
Kato Sangyo Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 53,913 | ||||||
Kusuri no Aoki Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | 82,317 | ||||||
Life Corp. |
1,000 | 26,483 | ||||||
MatsukiyoCocokara & Co. |
10,000 | 385,522 | ||||||
Maxvalu Tokai Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 22,697 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,956 | ||||||
Nihon Chouzai Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 12,116 | ||||||
Qol Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 22,374 | ||||||
Retail Partners Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 22,386 | ||||||
San-A Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 74,260 | ||||||
Shoei Foods Corp. |
1,000 | 36,784 | ||||||
Sugi Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 170,907 | ||||||
Sundrug Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 163,331 | ||||||
United Super Markets Holdings Inc. |
5,000 | 46,184 | ||||||
Valor Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 58,101 | ||||||
Yaoko Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 114,593 | ||||||
Yokorei Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 30,409 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,951,077 | ||||||||
Food Products — 4.0% | ||||||||
Ariake Japan Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 99,872 | ||||||
Calbee Inc. |
8,000 | 179,886 | ||||||
DyDo Group Holdings Inc. |
1,000 | 44,888 | ||||||
Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 136,457 | ||||||
Fuji Oil Holdings Inc. |
4,000 | 77,599 | ||||||
Fujicco Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 34,780 | ||||||
Fujiya Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 22,235 | ||||||
Hokuto Corp. |
2,000 | 34,310 | ||||||
House Foods Group Inc. |
5,000 | 129,262 | ||||||
Itoham Yonekyu Holdings Inc. |
13,000 | 78,117 | ||||||
J-Oil Mills Inc. |
2,000 | 30,231 | ||||||
Kagome Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 186,872 | ||||||
Kameda Seika Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 35,933 | ||||||
Kewpie Corp. |
9,000 | 192,110 | ||||||
Kotobuki Spirits Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 106,668 | ||||||
Maruha Nichiro Corp. |
4,000 | 87,273 | ||||||
Megmilk Snow Brand Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 70,439 | ||||||
Mitsui DM Sugar Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 17,851 | ||||||
Morinaga & Co. Ltd./Japan |
3,000 | 97,608 | ||||||
Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 150,387 | ||||||
NH Foods Ltd. |
7,000 | 262,729 | ||||||
Nichirei Corp. |
10,000 | 220,358 | ||||||
Nippn Corp., New |
4,000 | 59,338 | ||||||
Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. |
25,000 | 118,384 | ||||||
Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd. (The) |
2,000 | 53,161 | ||||||
Prima Meat Packers Ltd. |
2,000 | 42,219 | ||||||
Riken Vitamin Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 30,243 | ||||||
S Foods Inc. |
2,000 | 57,511 | ||||||
Sakata Seed Corp. |
2,000 | 58,761 | ||||||
Showa Sangyo Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 23,843 | ||||||
Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd. |
11,000 | 148,920 | ||||||
Yukiguni Maitake Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 20,869 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,909,114 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.6% | ||||||||
Nippon Gas Co. Ltd. |
10,000 | 150,471 | ||||||
Saibu Gas Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 39,956 | ||||||
Shizuoka Gas Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 30,196 | ||||||
Toho Gas Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 187,227 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
407,850 |
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iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5% | ||||||||
CYBERDYNE Inc.(a)(b) |
10,000 | $ | 30,209 | |||||
Eiken Chemical Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 45,579 | ||||||
Hogy Medical Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 58,324 | ||||||
Japan Lifeline Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 57,309 | ||||||
Jeol Ltd. |
3,000 | 174,949 | ||||||
Mani Inc. |
7,000 | 99,041 | ||||||
Menicon Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 130,810 | ||||||
Nagaileben Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 38,207 | ||||||
Nakanishi Inc. |
6,000 | 112,143 | ||||||
Nihon Kohden Corp. |
7,000 | 190,990 | ||||||
Nipro Corp. |
12,000 | 114,600 | ||||||
Paramount Bed Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 52,883 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,105,044 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.5% | ||||||||
Alfresa Holdings Corp. |
17,000 | 261,618 | ||||||
As One Corp. |
2,400 | 145,086 | ||||||
BML Inc. |
2,000 | 58,013 | ||||||
Elan Corp. |
3,000 | 25,556 | ||||||
H.U. Group Holdings Inc. |
5,000 | 132,331 | ||||||
Japan Medical Dynamic Marketing Inc. |
1,000 | 14,007 | ||||||
Ship Healthcare Holdings Inc. |
7,000 | 139,339 | ||||||
Solasto Corp. |
5,000 | 44,770 | ||||||
Suzuken Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 193,417 | ||||||
Toho Holdings Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 82,265 | ||||||
Tokai Corp./Gifu |
2,000 | 32,766 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,129,168 | ||||||||
Health Care Technology — 0.3% | ||||||||
EM Systems Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 18,844 | ||||||
JMDC Inc.(a) |
2,200 | 122,102 | ||||||
Medical Data Vision Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 18,729 | ||||||
Medley Inc.(a) |
2,000 | 39,131 | ||||||
MedPeer Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 27,817 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
226,623 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.5% | ||||||||
Airtrip Corp. |
1,000 | 27,045 | ||||||
Arcland Service Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 19,779 | ||||||
Atom Corp. |
10,000 | 67,155 | ||||||
Colowide Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 105,343 | ||||||
Create Restaurants Holdings Inc. |
10,000 | 63,054 | ||||||
Curves Holdings Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 30,815 | ||||||
Doutor Nichires Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 42,300 | ||||||
Food & Life Companies Ltd. |
10,000 | 332,870 | ||||||
Fuji Kyuko Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 69,978 | ||||||
Fujio Food Group Inc. |
1,000 | 11,433 | ||||||
Hiday Hidaka Corp. |
2,084 | 32,518 | ||||||
HIS Co. Ltd.(a) |
4,000 | 68,851 | ||||||
Ichibanya Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 40,704 | ||||||
Kappa Create Co. Ltd.(a) |
2,000 | 24,168 | ||||||
KFC Holdings Japan Ltd. |
1,000 | 25,305 | ||||||
Kisoji Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 37,637 | ||||||
KOMEDA Holdings Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 73,620 | ||||||
Koshidaka Holdings Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 22,220 | ||||||
Kura Sushi Inc. |
2,000 | 64,672 | ||||||
Kyoritsu Maintenance Co. Ltd. |
3,080 | 114,100 | ||||||
Matsuyafoods Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 32,067 | ||||||
Monogatari Corp. (The) |
1,000 | 55,298 | ||||||
MOS Food Services Inc. |
2,000 | 53,033 | ||||||
Ohsho Food Service Corp. |
1,000 | 52,637 | ||||||
Open Door Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 16,943 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued) | ||||||||
Plenus Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | $ | 34,795 | |||||
Resorttrust Inc. |
7,000 | 118,204 | ||||||
Ringer Hut Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 39,036 | ||||||
Round One Corp. |
5,000 | 56,172 | ||||||
Royal Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 34,307 | ||||||
Saizeriya Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 76,720 | ||||||
Skylark Holdings Co. Ltd. |
20,000 | 262,426 | ||||||
Tokyotokeiba Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 35,538 | ||||||
Toridoll Holdings Corp. |
4,000 | 84,994 | ||||||
Tosho Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 15,124 | ||||||
Yoshinoya Holdings Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 124,796 | ||||||
Zensho Holdings Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 192,182 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,557,839 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 2.1% | ||||||||
Casio Computer Co. Ltd. |
17,000 | 199,179 | ||||||
Chofu Seisakusho Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 17,401 | ||||||
ES-Con Japan Ltd. |
3,000 | 19,801 | ||||||
Fujitsu General Ltd. |
5,000 | 108,428 | ||||||
Haseko Corp. |
23,000 | 293,593 | ||||||
Ki-Star Real Estate Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 44,182 | ||||||
Nagawa Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 84,818 | ||||||
Nikon Corp. |
27,000 | 282,226 | ||||||
Pressance Corp. |
2,000 | 31,352 | ||||||
Sangetsu Corp. |
4,000 | 56,104 | ||||||
Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd. |
13,000 | 250,686 | ||||||
Tama Home Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 20,143 | ||||||
Tamron Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 20,550 | ||||||
Token Corp. |
1,000 | 79,207 | ||||||
Zojirushi Corp. |
3,000 | 37,909 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,545,579 | ||||||||
Household Products — 0.3% | ||||||||
Earth Corp. |
1,000 | 48,917 | ||||||
Pigeon Corp. |
10,000 | 184,137 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
233,054 | ||||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5% | ||||||||
Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. |
13,000 | 206,260 | ||||||
eRex Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 32,316 | ||||||
RENOVA Inc.(a) |
3,000 | 37,419 | ||||||
West Holdings Corp. |
2,080 | 78,542 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
354,537 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7% | ||||||||
Katakura Industries Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 40,941 | ||||||
Keihan Holdings Co. Ltd. |
9,000 | 240,175 | ||||||
Mie Kotsu Group Holdings Inc. |
4,000 | 16,135 | ||||||
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. |
13,000 | 114,750 | ||||||
Noritsu Koki Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 35,978 | ||||||
TOKAI Holdings Corp. |
9,000 | 71,630 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
519,609 | ||||||||
Insurance — 0.1% | ||||||||
Anicom Holdings Inc. |
7,000 | 45,083 | ||||||
LIFENET INSURANCE CO.(a) |
4,000 | 20,175 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
65,258 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Bengo4.com Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 37,705 | ||||||
Dip Corp. |
3,000 | 89,011 | ||||||
giftee Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 7,486 | ||||||
Gree Inc. |
10,000 | 82,317 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Interactive Media & Services (continued) |
||||||||
Mixi Inc. |
4,000 | $ | 77,804 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
294,323 | ||||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2% | ||||||||
ASKUL Corp. |
3,000 | 43,568 | ||||||
Belluna Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 25,725 | ||||||
Demae-Can Co. Ltd.(a) |
4,000 | 25,828 | ||||||
Media Do Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 21,917 | ||||||
Oisix ra daichi Inc.(a) |
2,000 | 44,929 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
161,967 | ||||||||
IT Services — 2.8% | ||||||||
Argo Graphics Inc. |
1,000 | 27,768 | ||||||
BASE Inc.(a) |
7,000 | 25,658 | ||||||
Bell System24 Holdings Inc. |
3,000 | 35,023 | ||||||
Change Inc.(a) |
3,000 | 46,334 | ||||||
Comture Corp. |
2,000 | 51,496 | ||||||
Digital Garage Inc. |
3,000 | 104,492 | ||||||
DTS Corp. |
3,000 | 71,881 | ||||||
Future Corp. |
4,000 | 49,732 | ||||||
GMO GlobalSign Holdings KK |
400 | 15,364 | ||||||
GMO internet Inc. |
6,000 | 136,592 | ||||||
Hennge KK(a) |
1,000 | 7,464 | ||||||
Infocom Corp. |
2,000 | 35,451 | ||||||
Infomart Corp. |
17,000 | 101,293 | ||||||
Information Services International-Dentsu Ltd. |
2,000 | 65,098 | ||||||
JIG-SAW Inc.(a) |
500 | 24,684 | ||||||
Kanematsu Electronics Ltd. |
1,000 | 34,064 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc. |
1,000 | 33,811 | ||||||
NEC Networks & System Integration Corp. |
6,000 | 92,253 | ||||||
NET One Systems Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 196,828 | ||||||
Nihon Unisys Ltd. |
6,000 | 164,377 | ||||||
NS Solutions Corp. |
3,000 | 95,548 | ||||||
NSD Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 112,657 | ||||||
Oro Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 20,887 | ||||||
Relia Inc. |
3,000 | 27,580 | ||||||
SB Technology Corp. |
1,000 | 22,911 | ||||||
SHIFT Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 193,838 | ||||||
TechMatrix Corp. |
3,000 | 46,937 | ||||||
TKC Corp. |
3,000 | 81,908 | ||||||
Transcosmos Inc. |
2,000 | 55,314 | ||||||
Uchida Yoko Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 41,540 | ||||||
Zuken Inc. |
1,000 | 28,102 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,046,885 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 1.1% | ||||||||
GLOBERIDE Inc. |
1,000 | 25,051 | ||||||
Heiwa Corp. |
5,016 | 84,621 | ||||||
Mizuno Corp. |
2,000 | 39,522 | ||||||
Roland Corp. |
1,000 | 33,892 | ||||||
Sankyo Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 111,672 | ||||||
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. |
15,000 | 273,591 | ||||||
Snow Peak Inc. |
2,000 | 49,427 | ||||||
Tomy Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 76,555 | ||||||
Universal Entertainment Corp.(a) |
2,000 | 41,140 | ||||||
Yonex Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 39,811 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
775,282 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.0% | ||||||||
CellSource Co. Ltd.(a) |
1,000 | 30,541 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery — 7.1% | ||||||||
Aichi Corp. |
2,000 | 15,354 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Machinery (continued) |
||||||||
Aida Engineering Ltd. |
4,000 | $ | 34,634 | |||||
Amada Co. Ltd. |
30,000 | 265,823 | ||||||
CKD Corp. |
5,000 | 87,206 | ||||||
Daiwa Industries Ltd. |
3,000 | 28,989 | ||||||
DMG Mori Co. Ltd. |
10,000 | 139,693 | ||||||
Ebara Corp. |
9,000 | 469,721 | ||||||
Fuji Corp./Aichi |
6,000 | 122,013 | ||||||
Fujitec Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 143,844 | ||||||
Fukushima Galilei Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 34,413 | ||||||
Furukawa Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 34,755 | ||||||
Giken Ltd. |
1,000 | 31,146 | ||||||
Glory Ltd. |
4,000 | 72,546 | ||||||
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. |
4,000 | 163,615 | ||||||
Hirata Corp. |
1,000 | 45,628 | ||||||
Hitachi Zosen Corp. |
14,000 | 97,044 | ||||||
Hosokawa Micron Corp. |
1,000 | 23,395 | ||||||
IHI Corp. |
12,000 | 277,714 | ||||||
Japan Steel Works Ltd. (The) |
5,000 | 163,291 | ||||||
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. |
13,000 | 239,845 | ||||||
Kitz Corp. |
5,000 | 28,537 | ||||||
Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 37,876 | ||||||
Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 65,312 | ||||||
Max Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 30,856 | ||||||
Meidensha Corp. |
3,000 | 58,727 | ||||||
METAWATER Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 36,919 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Logisnext Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 16,241 | ||||||
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd. |
2,000 | 37,699 | ||||||
Morita Holdings Corp. |
3,000 | 32,001 | ||||||
Nabtesco Corp. |
10,000 | 277,155 | ||||||
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. |
1,000 | 36,361 | ||||||
Nikkiso Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 27,711 | ||||||
Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,239 | ||||||
Nitta Corp. |
2,000 | 48,483 | ||||||
Nittoku Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 23,123 | ||||||
Noritake Co. Ltd./Nagoya Japan |
1,000 | 39,934 | ||||||
NSK Ltd. |
34,000 | 219,355 | ||||||
NTN Corp.(a) |
36,000 | 68,095 | ||||||
Obara Group Inc. |
1,000 | 27,036 | ||||||
Oiles Corp. |
2,096 | 29,240 | ||||||
OKUMA Corp. |
2,000 | 81,569 | ||||||
Organo Corp. |
1,000 | 71,178 | ||||||
OSG Corp. |
7,000 | 116,993 | ||||||
Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 53,402 | ||||||
Shibuya Corp. |
1,000 | 21,517 | ||||||
Shima Seiki Manufacturing Ltd. |
2,000 | 31,132 | ||||||
Shinmaywa Industries Ltd. |
5,000 | 40,633 | ||||||
Sodick Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 27,106 | ||||||
Star Micronics Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 38,273 | ||||||
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. |
10,000 | 242,308 | ||||||
Tadano Ltd. |
9,000 | 76,847 | ||||||
Takeuchi Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 67,066 | ||||||
Takuma Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 76,253 | ||||||
Teikoku Sen-I Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 33,160 | ||||||
THK Co. Ltd. |
10,000 | 229,730 | ||||||
Tocalo Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 58,718 | ||||||
Tsubaki Nakashima Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 34,011 | ||||||
Tsubakimoto Chain Co. |
2,000 | 57,196 | ||||||
Tsugami Corp. |
3,000 | 33,261 | ||||||
Tsukishima Kikai Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 18,229 | ||||||
Union Tool Co. |
1,000 | 32,374 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Machinery (continued) |
||||||||
YAMABIKO Corp. |
3,000 | $ | 34,744 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
5,133,269 | ||||||||
Marine — 0.5% |
||||||||
Iino Kaiun Kaisha Ltd. |
7,000 | 54,147 | ||||||
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.(a) |
4,000 | 281,808 | ||||||
NS United Kaiun Kaisha Ltd. |
1,000 | 36,547 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
372,502 | ||||||||
Media — 0.8% |
||||||||
Direct Marketing MiX Inc. |
2,000 | 27,995 | ||||||
Fuji Media Holdings Inc. |
4,000 | 43,415 | ||||||
Gakken Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 17,984 | ||||||
Kadokawa Corp. |
8,016 | 203,427 | ||||||
Nippon Television Holdings Inc. |
5,000 | 57,199 | ||||||
Proto Corp. |
2,000 | 20,128 | ||||||
Septeni Holdings Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 33,625 | ||||||
SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. |
13,000 | 48,886 | ||||||
TBS Holdings Inc. |
3,000 | 48,576 | ||||||
TV Asahi Holdings Corp. |
2,000 | 27,335 | ||||||
ValueCommerce Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 31,297 | ||||||
Vector Inc. |
3,000 | 29,117 | ||||||
Zenrin Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 29,179 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
618,163 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 2.1% |
||||||||
Aichi Steel Corp. |
1,000 | 22,922 | ||||||
Asahi Holdings Inc. |
7,000 | 135,943 | ||||||
Daido Steel Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 71,922 | ||||||
Daiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 30,315 | ||||||
Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 180,522 | ||||||
Kobe Steel Ltd. |
30,000 | 159,324 | ||||||
Kyoei Steel Ltd. |
2,000 | 27,684 | ||||||
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. |
5,000 | 124,098 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. |
10,000 | 179,993 | ||||||
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 146,413 | ||||||
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 80,124 | ||||||
Sanyo Special Steel Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 37,053 | ||||||
Toho Titanium Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 28,426 | ||||||
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 78,270 | ||||||
UACJ Corp.(a) |
3,014 | 61,786 | ||||||
Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 128,622 | ||||||
Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd. |
2,000 | 48,035 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,541,452 | ||||||||
Multiline Retail — 1.1% |
||||||||
H2O Retailing Corp. |
8,035 | 60,080 | ||||||
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. |
30,000 | 241,936 | ||||||
Izumi Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 83,881 | ||||||
J Front Retailing Co. Ltd. |
22,000 | 184,268 | ||||||
Kintetsu Department Store Co. Ltd.(a) |
1,000 | 21,984 | ||||||
Matsuya Co. Ltd.(a) |
2,000 | 12,038 | ||||||
Seria Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 102,620 | ||||||
Takashimaya Co. Ltd. |
13,000 | 126,892 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
833,699 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7% |
| |||||||
Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 113,014 | ||||||
Itochu Enex Co. Ltd. |
4,000 | 36,401 | ||||||
Iwatani Corp. |
4,200 | 199,619 | ||||||
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 71,211 | ||||||
Mitsuuroko Group Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 28,265 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) |
||||||||
San-Ai Oil Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | $ | 41,571 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
490,081 | ||||||||
Paper & Forest Products — 0.4% |
||||||||
Daiken Corp. |
1,000 | 19,558 | ||||||
Daio Paper Corp. |
7,000 | 103,992 | ||||||
Hokuetsu Corp. |
11,000 | 68,597 | ||||||
Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd. |
9,000 | 85,907 | ||||||
Tokushu Tokai Paper Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 28,859 | ||||||
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306,913 | ||||||||
Personal Products — 1.1% |
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Euglena Co. Ltd.(a) |
9,000 | 60,026 | ||||||
Fancl Corp. |
7,000 | 198,751 | ||||||
Kitanotatsujin Corp. |
6,000 | 11,754 | ||||||
Mandom Corp. |
3,000 | 35,975 | ||||||
Milbon Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 105,884 | ||||||
Noevir Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 45,070 | ||||||
Premier Anti-Aging Co. Ltd.(a) |
300 | 16,965 | ||||||
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
8,000 | 268,335 | ||||||
YA-MAN Ltd. |
3,000 | 24,890 | ||||||
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767,650 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.5% |
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Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. |
5,000 | 159,772 | ||||||
JCR Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 114,534 | ||||||
Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 110,257 | ||||||
Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 42,277 | ||||||
KYORIN Holdings Inc. |
4,000 | 65,091 | ||||||
Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 66,785 | ||||||
Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
5,050 | 37,137 | ||||||
Sawai Group Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 119,228 | ||||||
Seikagaku Corp. |
3,000 | 23,809 | ||||||
Sosei Group Corp.(a) |
7,000 | 87,288 | ||||||
Torii Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 25,429 | ||||||
Towa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 51,828 | ||||||
Tsumura & Co. |
5,000 | 138,874 | ||||||
ZERIA Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 34,508 | ||||||
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1,076,817 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 2.6% |
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Altech Corp. |
1,080 | 18,228 | ||||||
BayCurrent Consulting Inc. |
1,200 | 479,872 | ||||||
BeNext-Yumeshin Group Co. |
5,016 | 71,454 | ||||||
en Japan Inc. |
3,000 | 79,247 | ||||||
Fullcast Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 41,291 | ||||||
Funai Soken Holdings Inc. |
3,000 | 58,335 | ||||||
Insource Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 34,425 | ||||||
IR Japan Holdings Ltd. |
1,000 | 35,662 | ||||||
JAC Recruitment Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 15,939 | ||||||
Link And Motivation Inc. |
3,000 | 10,884 | ||||||
Makuake Inc.(a) |
400 | 6,385 | ||||||
Meitec Corp. |
2,000 | 118,031 | ||||||
Nomura Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 56,613 | ||||||
Outsourcing Inc. |
10,000 | 123,945 | ||||||
Pasona Group Inc. |
2,000 | 44,007 | ||||||
SMS Co. Ltd. |
6,000 | 163,418 | ||||||
S-Pool Inc. |
6,000 | 52,871 | ||||||
TechnoPro Holdings Inc. |
10,000 | 290,356 | ||||||
UT Group Co. Ltd. |
2,000 | 60,855 | ||||||
Visional Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 73,119 | ||||||
WDB Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 22,680 | ||||||
Weathernews Inc. |
400 | 27,737 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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iShares® MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Professional Services (continued) |
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World Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | $ | 18,753 | |||||
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1,904,107 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 2.0% |
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Aeon Mall Co. Ltd. |
9,000 | 126,558 | ||||||
Goldcrest Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 16,234 | ||||||
Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 107,270 | ||||||
Ichigo Inc. |
22,000 | 51,194 | ||||||
Katitas Co. Ltd. |
5,000 | 157,828 | ||||||
Keihanshin Building Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 38,992 | ||||||