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


In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report of Anixter  International  Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending  September 27, 2002, as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Robert W. Grubbs, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant  to 18  U.S.C.  Sec.  1350,  as  adopted  pursuant  to Sec.  906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)       The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)       The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.



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Robert W. Grubbs
President and Chief Executive Officer
November 8, 2002

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


In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report of Anixter  International  Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending  September 27, 2002, as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Dennis J. Letham,  Senior Vice  President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer of
the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Sec. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(1)       The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)       The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.



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Dennis J. Letham
Senior Vice President-Finance
Chief Financial Officer
November 8, 2002