EXHIBIT 99.1

                            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 Annual Report of Commercial Metals Company (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the annual period ended August 31, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2002 (the "Report"),
I, Stanley A. Rabin, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
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, as amended; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company at the dates and for the periods indicated.



/s/ Stanley A. Rabin
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Stanley A. Rabin
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer


Dated: November 26, 2002