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                                EXHIBIT 27
                 ARTICLE 5 FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE for 2001 10-K
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial  information  extracted  from  the
consolidated  balance  sheet as of March 31, 2001 and the consolidated statement
of  earnings  for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001 included in Exhibit 13 to
the  2001 Form 10-K Annual Report of MacDermid, Incorporated and is qualified in
its  entirety  to  such  statements.

 



                           

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