ARTHUR ANDERSEN
                                                        20 Old Bailey
                                                               London
                                                             EC4M 7AN

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                                     CONSENT

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our
report included in this Form 8-K, into Bell Microproducts Inc.'s previously
filed Registration Statements File Numbers 333-45554, 333-39916, 33-83398,
33-66580, 33-95968, 333-10837, 333-41179, 333-58053.






/s/ Arthur Andersen
London
27 October 2000