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THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE COMPANY'S FORM 10-Q FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED JUNE 24, 2000 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

0000089439 MUELLER INDUSTRIES, INC. 1,000 6-MOS DEC-30-2000 JUN-24-2000 136,985 0 203,396 5,021 130,224 476,298 496,658 146,223 946,067 161,586 112,220 0 0 401 603,153 946,067 630,933 630,933 474,307 474,307 67,391 0 4,923 89,267 32,939 56,328 0 0 0 56,328 1.63 1.46