Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)

Name	Symbol	Market	Type
VanEck Africa Index ETF	AMEX:AFK	AMEX	Exchange Traded Fund

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Market

Type

VanEck Africa Index ETF

AMEX:AFK

AMEX

Exchange Traded Fund

	Price Change	% Change	Price	High Price	Low Price	Open Price	Traded	Last Trade
	0.19	1.20%	15.99	16.04	15.945	16.02	9,794	19:46:13

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% Change

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Low Price

Open Price

Traded

Last Trade

0.19

1.20%

15.99

16.04

15.945

16.02

9,794

19:46:13

Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)

31/05/2013 3:15pm

Edgar (US Regulatory)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2013

Securities Act File No. 333-123257

Investment Company Act File No. 811-10325

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

	Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933	x
	Pre-Effective Amendment No.	o
	Post Effective Amendment No. 1,113	x
	and/or
	Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940	x
	Amendment No. 1,117	x

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

335 Madison Avenue, 19 th Floor

New York, New York 10017  

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 

(212) 293-2000

Registrant’s Telephone Number

Joseph J. McBrien, Esq.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Van Eck Associates Corporation

335 Madison Avenue, 19 th Floor

New York, New York 10017

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.

Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

	IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK APPROPRIATE BOX)
	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
x	On June 14, 2013 pursuant to paragraph (b)
	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
	On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
	On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

	IF APPROPRIATE, CHECK THE FOLLOWING BOX:
x	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 292 to its Registration Statement until June 14, 2013. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 292 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 296 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on March 18, 2011, are incorporated by reference herein.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 31 st day of May 2013.

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

By: /s/ Jan F. van Eck*

Name: Jan F. van Eck

Ti tle: President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.

/s/ David H. Chow *	Trustee	May 31, 2013
David H. Chow
/s/ R. Alastair Short *	Trustee	May 31, 2013
R. Alastair Short
/s/ Peter J. Sidebottom *	Trustee	May 31, 2013
Peter J. Sidebottom
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger *	Trustee	May 31, 2013
Richard D. Stamberger
/s/ Jan F. van Eck *	President, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee	May 31, 2013
Jan F. van Eck
/s/ John J. Crimmins *	Chief Financial Officer	May 31, 2013
John J. Crimmins

*By: /s/ Jonathan R. Simon
Jonathan R. Simon
Attorney‑in‑Fact

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