As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2007

Securities Act File No. 333-123257
Investment Company Act File No. 811-10325

 
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 
 
  FORM N-1A  
 
 
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 x
  Pre-Effective Amendment No. o
  Post Effective Amendment No. 13 x
  and/or  
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 194 x
  Amendment No. 17 x
  (Check appropriate box or boxes)  
 
 
 

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 
 
 
  99 Park Avenue, 8 th Floor
New York, New York 10016  
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(212) 687-5200  
Registrant’s Telephone Number 		 
     
  Joseph J. McBrien, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Van Eck Associates Corporation
99 Park Avenue, 8 th Floor  
New York, New York 10016
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) 		 
 
 
  Copy to:
Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.
Clifford Chance US LLP
31 West 52 nd Street
New York, New York 10019 		 
 
 
  Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:  
 
 
  IT IS PROPOSED THAT THIS FILING WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE (CHECK
APPROPRIATE BOX) 		 

_______________  Immediately upon filing pursuant to Paragraph (B) of Rule 485.
    x      On November 7, 2007 pursuant to Paragraph (B) of Rule 485.
_______________  60 Days after filing pursuant to Paragraph (A)(1) of Rule 485.
_______________  On [Date] pursuant to Paragraph (A) of Rule 485.
_______________  75 Days after filing pursuant to Paragraph (A)(2) of Rule 485.
_______________  On [Date] pursuant to Paragraph (A) of Rule 485.

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

      The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effectiveness of the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to its Registration Statement until November 7, 2007. Parts A, B and C of Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 under the Securities Act of 1933 and No. 12 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, filed on July 20, 2007, are incorporated by reference herein.

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 25th day of October, 2007.

  MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
       
  By:   /s/ Keith J. Carlson*
      Keith J. Carlson
      President and Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacities and on the date indicated.

/s/ Phillip D. DeFeo*   Chairman   October 25, 2007
Phillip D. DeFeo        
 
/s/ David H. Chow*   Trustee   October 25, 2007
David H. Chow        
 
/s/ R. Alastair Short*   Trustee   October 25, 2007
R. Alastair Short        
 
/s/ Richard D. Stamberger*   Trustee   October 25, 2007
Richard D. Stamberger        
 
/s/ Jan F. van Eck*   Trustee   October 25, 2007
Jan F. van Eck        
 
    President and   October 25, 2007
/s/ Keith J. Carlson*   Chief Executive Officer    
Keith J. Carlson        
 
/s/ Bruce J. Smith*   Chief Financial Officer   October 25, 2007
Bruce J. Smith        
 
*By: /s/ Joseph J. McBrien        
        Joseph J. McBrien        
        Attorney-in-Fact        

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