FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant To Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of ~~October~~November, 2003 Commission File Number 000-32953

Copamex, S.A. de C.V.
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Montes Apalaches 101
Residencial San Augustín, C.P. 66260
San Pedro Garza García, N.L. México
(Address of principal office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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~~Copamex,~~This ~~S.A.~~document demay ~~C.V.~~contain forward-looking statements concerning COPAMEX's future performance and/or ~~Subsidiaries~~results of operations and should be considered as good faith estimates of COPAMEX. ~~Consolidated~~These ~~Balance~~forward-looking ~~Sheets~~statements reflect management's expectations asand ofare ~~June~~based ~~30,~~upon ~~2003~~currently available data. Actual results are subject to future events and uncertainties ~~2002~~that could materially impact COPAMEX's actual performance or results of operations.

Copamex, ~~(Thousands~~S.A. ofde ~~constant~~C.V. ~~Mexican~~and Subsidiaries ~~pesos~~ Consolidated Balance Sheets as of ~~June~~September 30, 2003) and 2002

	June ’03	June ’02		June ’03		June ’02
Assets:			Liabilities:
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	39,843	36,891	Short-term debt	843,343		1,074,512
Accounts receivable	1,167,910	1,540,404	Current portion of long-term debt	2,054,544		433,738
Inventories	1,129,552	1,086,093	Suppliers	1,381,474		1,043,078
Other accounts receivable	952,167	634,652	Income tax and employee profit sharing	26,869		42,340
			Other accounts payable	834,200		563,795
Total current assets	3,289,472	3,298,040	Total current liabilities	5,140,430		3,157,463
			Long-term debt	1,966,917		3,881,903
Investment in shares	0	92,447	Labor obligations	106,127		98,476
Property, plant and equipment, net	8,849,280	9,033,655	Total long-term liabilities	2,073,044		3,980,379
Other assets	646,788	654,953	Deferred income taxes	1,588,415		1,936,280
Goodwill	69,349	119,819	Total liabilities	8,801,889		9,074,122
			Stockholders’ Equity:
			Minority interest	189,800		287,475
			Capital stock	5,163,975		5,164,371
			Additional paid-in capital	6,782		6,788
			Retained earnings	1,239,144		1,602,556
			Net income (loss)	61,386		(214,328	)
			Insufficiency from restatement of stockholders’ equity	(715,142	)	(672,317	)
			Cumulative effect of deferred income taxes	(1,892,945	)	(2,049,753	)
			Total majority stockholders' equity	3,863,200		3,837,317
			Total stockholders’ equity	4,053,000		4,124,792
Total assets	12,854,889	13,198,914	Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	12,854,889		13,198,914

(Thousands of constant Mexican pesos as of September 30, 2003)

Copamex, S.A. de C.V. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Income for the periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 ( Thousands of constant Mexican pesos as of June 30, 2003)

	September ’03	September ’02		September ’03		September ’02

Assets:			Liabilities:

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents	48,429	85,288	Short-term debt	1,111,995		750,824

Accounts receivable	1,294,395	1,472,585	Current portion of long-term debt	2,129,946		454,357

Inventories	1,065,989	1,078,200	Suppliers	1,400,578		1,072,955

Other accounts receivable	559,369	541,525	Income tax and employee profit sharing	31,830		49,115

			Other accounts payable	899,435		688,020


Total current assets	2,968,182	3,177,598	Total current liabilities	5,573,784		3,015,271


			Long-term debt	1,870,965		4,287,397

Investment in shares	0	61,830	Labor obligations	109,701		99,951

Property, plant and equipment, net	9,088,617	9,150,397	Total long-term liabilities	1,980,666		4,387,348

Other assets	788,184	690,321	Deferred income taxes	1,685,676		1,963,851

Goodwill	66,105	140,241	Total liabilities	9,240,126		9,366,470

			Stockholders’ Equity:

			Minority interest	178,283		201,893

			Capital stock	5,217,013		5,214,217

			Additional paid-in capital	6,852		6,844

			Retained earnings	1,251,871		1,615,676

			Net income (loss)	(259,516	)	(389,102	)

			Insufficiency from restatement of stockholders’ equity	(811,154	)	(729,077	)

			Cumulative effect of deferred income taxes	(1,912,387	)	(2,066,534	)

			Total majority stockholders' equity	3,492,679		3,652,024

			Total stockholders’ equity	3,670,962		3,853,917

Total assets	12,911,088	13,220,387	Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	12,911,088		13,220,387

	Jan - June ’03				Jan - June ’02				CHANGE
									Ps. $		%
Net sales	3,980,642		100.0	%	3,874,175		100.0	%	106,467		2.7	%
Cost of goods sold	(2,696,143	)	-67.7	%	(2,502,391	)	-64.6	%	(193,752	)	-7.7	%
Gross profit	1,284,499		32.3	%	1,371,784		35.4	%	(87,285	)	-6.4	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(933,273	)	-23.4	%	(960,594	)	-24.8	%	27,321		2.8	%
Operating profit	351,226		8.82	%	411,190		10.6	%	(59,964)		-14.6	%
Comprehensive cost of financing:
Interest income	13,051		0.3	%	29,116		0.8	%	(16,065	)	55.2	%
Interest expense	(276,314	)	-6.9	%	(275,136	)	-7.1	%	(1,178	)	-0.4	%
Exchange gain (loss), net	(24,523	)	-0.6	%	(442,519	)	-11.4	%	417,996		94.5	%
Result from monetary position	41,856		1.1	%	72,153		1.9	%	(30,297	)	-42.0	%
Total comprehensive cost of financing	(245,930	)	-6.2	%	(616,386	)	-15.9	%	370,456		-60.1	%
Income (loss) after comprehensive cost of financing	105,296		2.6	%	(205,196	)	-5.3	%	310,492		-151.3	%
Other expenses, net	(119,197	)	-3.0	%	(83,777	)	-2.2	%	(35,420	)	42.3	%
Loss before taxes and employee profit sharing	(13,901	)	-0.3	%	(288,973	)	-7.5	%	275,072		-95.2	%
Income tax	(14,008	)	-0.4	%	(38,230	)	-1.0	%	24,222		63.4	%
Deferred income tax	102,601		2.6	%	151,889		3.9	%	(49,288	)	32.5	%
Employee profit sharing	(5,774	)	-0.1	%	(5,470	)	-0.1	%	(304	)	-5.6	%
Income (loss) before minority interest	68,918		1.7	%	(180,784	)	-4.7	%	249,702		-138.1	%
Minority interest	(7,532	)	-0.2	%	(33,544	)	-0.9	%	26,012		77.5	%
Net income (loss)	61,386		1.5	%	(214,328	)	-5.5	%	275,714		-128.6	%

Copamex, S.A. de C.V. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
for the periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002
(Thousands of constant Mexican pesos as of September 30, 2003)

Copamex, S.A. de C.V. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Statements of Changes in Financial Position for the periods ended June 30, 2003 and 2002 (Thousands of constant Mexican pesos as of June 30, 2003)

	Jan - September ’03				Jan - September ’02				CHANGE
									Ps. $		%
Net sales	6,034,707		100.0	%	5,979,491		100.0	%	55,216		0.9	%
Cost of goods sold	(4,105,479	)	-68.0	%	(3,897,922	)	-65.2	%	(207,557	)	-5.3	%
Gross profit	1,929,228		32.0	%	2,081,569		34.8	%	(152,341	)	-7.3	%

Selling, general and administrative expenses	(1,429,587	)	-23.7	%	(1,445,536	)	-24.2	%	15,949		1.1	%
Operating profit	499,641		8.28	%	636,033		10.6	%	(136,392)		-21.4	%

Comprehensive cost of financing:
Interest income	20,106		0.3	%	42,089		0.7	%	(21,983	)	52.2	%
Interest expense	(404,841	)	-6.7	%	(418,857	)	-7.0	%	14,016		3.3	%
Exchange gain (loss), net	(276,573	)	-4.6	%	(588,522	)	-9.8	%	311,949		53.0	%
Result from monetary position	103,182		1.7	%	108,011		1.8	%	(4,829	)	-4.5	%
Total comprehensive cost of financing	(558,126	)	-9.2	%	(857,279	)	-14.3	%	299,153		-34.9	%

Income (loss) after comprehensive cost of financing	(58,485	)	-1.0	%	(221,246	)	-3.7	%	162,761		-73.6	%

Other expenses, net	(199,350	)	-3.3	%	(152,138	)	-2.5	%	(47,212	)	31.0	%

Loss before taxes and employee profit sharing	(257,835	)	-4.3	%	(373,384	)	-6.2	%	115,549		-30.9	%

Income tax	(18,104	)	-0.3	%	(57,170	)	-1.0	%	39,066		68.3	%
Deferred income tax	22,876		0.4	%	111,551		1.9	%	(88,675	)	79.5	%
Employee profit sharing	(7,105	)	-0.1	%	(8,315	)	-0.1	%	1,210		14.6	%

Income (loss) before minority interest	(260,168	)	-4.3	%	(327,318	)	-5.5	%	67,150		-20.5	%

Minority interest	652		0.0	%	(61,784	)	-1.0	%	62,436		101.1	%

Net income (loss)	(259,516	)	-4.3	%	(389,102	)	-6.5	%	129,586		-33.3	%

	Jun ‘03		Jun ’02
Net income ( loss )	68,918		(180,784	)
Items not requiring the use of resources :
Depreciation and amortization	237,416		214,106
Provision for labor obligations	6,753		8,225
Deferred taxes	(102,601	)	(151,889	)
Others	21,354		0
Total	231,840		(110,342	)
Changes in working capital :
Accounts receivable	312,625		20,856
Inventories	(38,450	)	(93,602	)
Suppliers	202,250		34,982
Other accounts payable and accountable	(224,086	)	(67,797	)
Resources provided ( used ) by operating activities	484,178		(215,903	)
Financing activities:
Bank loans	(507,761	)	248,086
Others	(30,192	)	884
Resources (used) provided by financing activities	(537,953	)	248,970
Investing activities:
Property, plant and equipment, net	(58,188	)	(205,447	)
Other investments	62,419		(23,772	)
Resources provided ( used ) in investing activities	4,231		(229,219	)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(49,544	)	(196,152	)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period	89,386		233,043
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	39,843		36,891

Copamex, S.A. de C.V. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Financial Position
for the periods ended September 30, 2003 and 2002
(Thousands of constant Mexican pesos as of September 30, 2003)

	September ‘03		September ’02

Net income ( loss )	(260,168	)	(327,318	)

Items not requiring the use of resources :

Depreciation and amortization	360,889		324,439
Provision for labor obligations	10,416		10,177
Deferred taxes	(22,876	)	(111,551	)
Others	21,354		0
Total	109,615		(104,253	)

Changes in working capital :
Accounts receivable	201,346		101,456
Inventories	(23,233	)	(111,244	)
Suppliers	209,242		56,605
Other accounts payable and accountable	236,433		138,996

Resources provided ( used ) by operating activities	733,403		81,560

Financing activities:
Bank loans	(314,838	)	308,414
Others	(35,707	)	(115,007	)
Resources (used) provided by financing activities	(350,545	)	193,407

Investing activities:
Property, plant and equipment, net	(320,416	)	(388,093	)
Other investments	(104,318	)	(36,537	)
Resources provided ( used ) in investing activities	(424,734	)	(424,630	)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(41,876	)	(149,663	)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period	90,304		234,951
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	48,429		85,288

SIGNATURE

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 undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Copamex, S.A. de C.V.
(Registrant)

By: /s/ Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
Carlos Luis Díaz Sáenz
General Counsel

Date: ~~October~~November 226, 2003

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