PricewaterhouseCoopers Consent

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated June 14, 2005 relating to the consolidated financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, of AVX Corporation, which appears in AVX Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005.