EXHIBIT 32.2
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          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  Form  6-K  of  Abitibi-Consolidated  Inc.  (the
"Company")  for the quarter  ended  September  30,  2007,  as  furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Pierre
Rougeau,  Senior  Vice-President,  Corporate  Development  and 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 the best of
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.


     By: /s/ Pierre Rougeau
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         Pierre Rougeau
         Senior Vice-President,
         Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer

November 6, 2007