EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors 
Taitron Components Incorporated:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on 
Form S-8 (No. 33-94102) of Taitron Components Incorporated of our report dated 
February 11, 1998, relating to the balance sheets of Taitron Components 
Incorporated as of December 31, 1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated 
statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity for each of the 
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, which report appears 
in the December 31, 1997, annual report on Form 10-K of Taitron Components 
Incorporated.

                                       
                                       /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Los Angeles, California
March 30, 1998