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<LEGEND>
                                                                      Exhibit 27


This  Schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated  financial  statements of Elcom  International,  Inc.'s 10-k and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements as set forth
on Pages F-1 through F-23

</LEGEND>
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