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THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE COMPANY'S FORM 10-Q FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED MARCH 25, 2000 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

0000089439 MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. 1,000 3-MOS DEC-30-2000 MAR-25-2000 125,575 0 203,857 4,770 121,634 456,343 483,941 138,711 915,168 158,679 117,215 0 0 401 575,097 915,168 302,350 302,350 226,514 226,514 33,332 0 2,627 42,101 15,535 26,566 0 0 0 26,566 0.76 0.69