EXHIBIT 23

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors
Expeditors International of
  Washington, Inc.:


  We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements 
(No. 33-17219, No. 33-22992,  No. 33-36392, No. 33-38075, No. 33-67066 and 
No. 33-81460) on Form S-8 of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. of 
our report dated February 16, 1996, relating to the consolidated balance 
sheets of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. and subsidiaries as of 
December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related consolidated statements of 
earnings, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the 
three-year period ended December 31, 1995 and related financial statement 
schedule, which reports appear in the December 31, 1995 Annual Report on Form 
10-K, or are incorporated by reference therein from the 1995 Annual Report to 
Shareholders, of Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Seattle, Washington
March 28, 1996

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