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FILED AS OF DATE:		20190603
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190603

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863436
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672]
		IRS NUMBER:				742211011
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10560
		FILM NUMBER:		19873412

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
		BUSINESS PHONE:		623-300-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE
		CITY:			TEMPE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85281
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<h2 align=center style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">UNITED</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.3pt;">STATES&nbsp;</font></b></font></h2>

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COMMISSION</font></b></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Washington, D.C.</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;"> 20549</font></b></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;">FORM</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.5pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">SD&nbsp;</font></b></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Specialized</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.35pt;"> &nbsp;</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Disclosure</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.35pt;"> &nbsp;</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:14.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Report</font></b></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">(Exact</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">name&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">of&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">registrant&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">as&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">specified&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">in&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">its&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:8.0pt;">charter)&nbsp;</font></font></p>

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  Employer Identification</font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:8.0pt;letter-spacing:-1.1pt;"> </font><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:8.0pt;">No.)&nbsp;</font></font></p>
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<p align=center style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">56
S. Rockford Dr., Tempe, Arizona 85281 USA </font></b></font></p>

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Code)</font></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font color=black style="border:none;"><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:12.0pt;">Stephen J. Beaver (623)
300-7056</font></b></font></p>

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Counsel and Secretary</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">1&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">-&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conflict&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">
</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minerals&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Disclosure&nbsp;</font></b></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.01&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:.6pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conflict&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minerals&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">
</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.05pt;">Disclosure&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">and&nbsp;</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Report&nbsp;</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reasonable
Country of Origin Inquiry.</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Company</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">we</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">,&#8221; &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">us</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">,&#8221;
or &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">our</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;) conducted a Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">RCOI</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;)
in reliance upon: </font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol style="border:none;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Release No. 34-67716 issued by the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">SEC</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;) August 22, 2012 (the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Final
Release</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;), &nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol style="border:none;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Frequently Asked Questions
regarding Conflict Minerals issued by the Staff of the SEC on May 30, 2013 and
April 7, 2014, and </font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font face=Symbol style="border:none;"><font face=Symbol lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font face="Times New Roman" lang=EN-US style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;</font></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">various statements issued April 29,
2014 by the SEC&#8217;s Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, April 7,
2017 by the SEC&#8217;s Acting Chairman and April 7, 2017 by the SEC&#8217;s Division of
Corporation Finance (collectively the &#8220;</font><i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interim Guidance</font></i><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#8221;).&#160; &nbsp;</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Report have the same
meaning found in SEC Rule 13p-1, the Final Release, Form SD and the Interim
Guidance.</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We are a worldwide provider of innovative product design, engineering
services, technology solutions and advanced manufacturing services to original
equipment manufacturers (&#8220;OEMs&#8221;).&#160; The OEM industries we serve include
aerospace and defense, medical technologies, complex industrials, test and
instrumentation, next-generation telecommunications and high-end computing.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">We manufacture or contract to manufacture products on behalf of our
customers containing Necessary Conflict Minerals.&#160; We primarily purchase
component parts used in our manufacturing services through direct suppliers or
authorized distributors from around the world.&#160; These component parts are
typically finished goods or manufactured materials.&#160; We generally do not
procure raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals, and therefore we do not have
direct relationships with mines or smelters of Conflict Minerals found in our
customers&#8217; products.&#160; These mines or smelters are several distribution levels removed
from us in the supply chain; therefore, we must rely on the many direct
suppliers, supply-chain intermediaries and industry initiatives for information
on these mines or smelters.&#160; Further, the OEM typically specifies the
components and materials required to manufacture their products, as well as the
particular component and material suppliers.&#160; As a result, we typically have
little or no control over the selection of these components, materials and
suppliers.&#160; In these cases, we must rely on our customers and their selected
suppliers for Conflict Minerals information.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">For products manufactured during the reporting year, we performed an RCOI
on our Necessary Conflict Minerals. &#160;Our RCOI utilized a risk-based approach to
solicit Conflict Minerals information from 663 of our suppliers and targeting
more than 90% of our component and materials procurement expenditures during
the reporting year.&#160; We requested Conflict Minerals information from these
suppliers via the Responsible Business Alliance (&#8220;RBA&#8221;) (formerly known as the
Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition) and Global e-Sustainability
Initiative (&#8220;GeSI&#8221;) Responsible Minerals Initiative (formerly known as the
Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (&#8220;CFSI&#8221;)) Conflict Minerals Reporting
Template (&#8220;CMRT&#8221;).&#160; We reviewed and analyzed all CMRTs received, including some
with missing or incomplete information, errors, or containing inaccuracies or
implausible information.&#160; We made multiple contact attempts with non-responsive
suppliers, as well as requests for revised responses where appropriate.&#160; We
ultimately received responses from approximately 89% of our targeted supplier
group (representing approximately 80.9% of our reporting year component and
materials procurement expenditures).&#160; Many of these suppliers provide
&#8220;company-level&#8221; CMRT responses that include Conflict Minerals information for
all supplier products sold during the reporting year, even though we purchased
only a limited subset of such supplier&#8217;s products.&#160; We also utilized a
third-party software provider to assist us in the data collection effort,
review, verification and follow-up contacts.&#160; </font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of Company&#8217;s RCOI, 70.2% of responding suppliers reported
that Conflict Minerals either were not present, not sourced from Covered
Countries, or were sourced from smelters or refiners certified by CFSI or
listed by other organizations as being conflict free.&#160; Although a number of
responding suppliers dealt with non-certified smelters known to source Conflict
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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#8217;s Form SD is publicly posted in its Sustainability pages of
the Corporate section at http://www.bench.com.&#160; The content of any referenced
website is not incorporated by reference into and should not be considered part
of this Form SD.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Relying on the Interim Guidance referred to above, the Company has chosen
not to file, as an exhibit to this Form SD, the Conflict Minerals Report
otherwise required by Item 1.01(c).</font></font></p>

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Exhibit</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section 2 &#8211;
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Exhibits</font></b></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the duly authorized undersigned.</font></font></p>

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