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                                                                    Exhibit 99.2

                            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 on Form 10-Q of Huntsman
International LLC (the "Company") for the period ended September 30, 2002, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, J. Kimo Esplin, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C., Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 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 results of operations of the
       Company.



/s/ J. Kimo Esplin
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J. Kimo Esplin
Chief Financial Officer
November 13, 2002


This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.