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

In connection with the Quarterly Report of CTI Industries Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q/A Amendment No. 1 for the period ending June 30, 2004,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Stephen M. Merrick, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (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.

                                    CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION


                                By: /s/ Stephen M. Merrick
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                                    Stephen M. Merrick, Executive Vice-President
                                    and Chief Financial Officer