Avnet (AVT) 10-K 2003 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
(AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)

     Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, the undersigned Chief Financial Officer of Avnet, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies that the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 27, 2003 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: September 15, 2003

/s/ Raymond SadowskiRaymond Sadowski
Chief Financial Officer

     The foregoing certification is being furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.