<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This Schedule Contains Summary Financial Information Extracted From The Interim Financial Statements For The Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 1997, Of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company And Consolidated Subsidiaries. The Schedule Is Qualified In Its Entirety By Reference To Such Financial Statements. </LEGEND> <RESTATED> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1997 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1997 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1997 <CASH> 1,485 <SECURITIES> 708 <RECEIVABLES> 4,373<F1> <ALLOWANCES> 60 <INVENTORY> 2,657 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 10,132 <PP&E> 30,463 <DEPRECIATION> 19,559 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 36,786 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 11,052 <BONDS> 5,754 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 237 <COMMON> 347 <OTHER-SE> 11,138 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 36,786 <SALES> 18,186 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 19,022 <CGS> 12,495<F2> <TOTAL-COSTS> 16,152<F3> <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 268 <INCOME-PRETAX> 2,602 <INCOME-TAX> 1,207 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 1,361 <DISCONTINUED> 782 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 2,143 <EPS-PRIMARY> 1.89 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.86 <FN> <F1>Includes Other Accounts In Addition To Notes And Accounts Receivable-Trade. <F2>Includes Other Expenses. <F3>Cost of Goods Sold and Other Expenses; Depreciation and Amortization; Selling, General and Administrative Expenses; Purchase In-Process Research and Development; Employee Separation Cost and Writedown of Assets. </FN>