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        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
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        <name>Pernod Ricard SA</name>
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        <title>Pernod Ricard SA</title>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>FR</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Danaher Corp</name>
        <lei>S4BKK9OTCEWQ3YHPFM11</lei>
        <title>Danaher Corp</title>
        <cusip>235851102</cusip>
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          <isin value="US2358511028"/>
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        <balance>6972.00000000</balance>
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        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1232858.76000000</valUSD>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Procter &amp; Gamble Co/The</name>
        <lei>2572IBTT8CCZW6AU4141</lei>
        <title>Procter &amp; Gamble Co/The</title>
        <cusip>742718109</cusip>
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          <isin value="US7427181091"/>
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        <balance>12240.00000000</balance>
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        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1463536.80000000</valUSD>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Moody's Corp</name>
        <lei>549300GCEDD8YCF5WU84</lei>
        <title>Moody's Corp</title>
        <cusip>615369105</cusip>
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          <isin value="US6153691059"/>
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        <balance>1354.00000000</balance>
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        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>371984.42000000</valUSD>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Visa Inc</name>
        <lei>549300JZ4OKEHW3DPJ59</lei>
        <title>Visa Inc</title>
        <cusip>92826C839</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US92826C8394"/>
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        <balance>9327.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1801696.59000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>5.539137798178</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Microsoft Corp</name>
        <lei>INR2EJN1ERAN0W5ZP974</lei>
        <title>Microsoft Corp</title>
        <cusip>594918104</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US5949181045"/>
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        <balance>15334.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>3120622.34000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>9.594044443040</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC</name>
        <lei>5493003JFSMOJG48V108</lei>
        <title>Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC</title>
        <cusip>000000000</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="GB00B24CGK77"/>
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        <balance>31919.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
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        <valUSD>2936497.41000000</valUSD>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>GB</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Unilever PLC</name>
        <lei>549300MKFYEKVRWML317</lei>
        <title>Unilever PLC</title>
        <cusip>000000000</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="GB00B10RZP78"/>
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        <balance>10713.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <currencyConditional curCd="GBP" exchangeRt="0.80703700"/>
        <valUSD>577870.82000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.776606626938</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>GB</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc</name>
        <lei>HCHV7422L5HDJZCRFL38</lei>
        <title>Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc</title>
        <cusip>883556102</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US8835561023"/>
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        <balance>2826.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1023972.84000000</valUSD>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Philip Morris International Inc</name>
        <lei>HL3H1H2BGXWVG3BSWR90</lei>
        <title>Philip Morris International Inc</title>
        <cusip>718172109</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US7181721090"/>
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        <balance>34899.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>2445023.94000000</valUSD>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Automatic Data Processing Inc</name>
        <lei>HGBOLILQXWER4SAL2I23</lei>
        <title>Automatic Data Processing Inc</title>
        <cusip>053015103</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US0530151036"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>7860.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1170275.40000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>3.597895860156</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Morgan Stanley &amp; Co. LLC</name>
        <lei>549300OJY9IZ31SGS926</lei>
        <title>Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Treasury Securities Portfolio</title>
        <cusip>61747C525</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US61747C5250"/>
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        <balance>586081.36000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>586081.36000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.801849119325</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>RF</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>L'Oreal SA</name>
        <lei>529900JI1GG6F7RKVI53</lei>
        <title>L'Oreal SA</title>
        <cusip>000000000</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="FR0000120321"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>3045.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <currencyConditional curCd="EUR" exchangeRt="0.89007600"/>
        <valUSD>982762.63000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>3.021406412536</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>FR</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
    </invstOrSecs>
    <explntrNotes>
      <explntrNote note="Monthly returns presented in Item B.5(a) have been calculated without deducting any applicable sales loads or redemption fees." noteItem="B.5.a"/>
    </explntrNotes>
    <signature>
      <ncom:dateSigned>2020-07-15</ncom:dateSigned>
      <ncom:nameOfApplicant>MORGAN STANLEY VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND INC.</ncom:nameOfApplicant>
      <ncom:signature>Francis Smith</ncom:signature>
      <ncom:signerName>Francis Smith</ncom:signerName>
      <ncom:title>Principal Financial Officer</ncom:title>
    </signature>
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</edgarSubmission>
