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                                                                                               Exhibit 31.2
                             Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
                                Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14
                                            as Adopted Pursuant to
                                 Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

         I, Robin Cohan, Chief Financial Officer of Tropical Sportswear Int'l Corporation, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Tropical Sportswear Int'l Corporation;

2.       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement  of a material
         fact or omit to state a material  fact  necessary  to make the  statement  made,  in light of the
         circumstances  under which such  statements  were made, not misleading with respect to the period
         covered by this quarterly report;

3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this
         quarterlyreport,  fairly  present in all material  respects the financial  condition,  results of
         operations  and cash flows of registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in this quarterly
         report;

4.       The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
         disclosure  controls and  procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the
         registrant and have:

             a) Designed such  disclosure  controls and  procedures  to ensure that  material  information
             relating to the registrant,  including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us by
             others within those entities,  particularly  during the period in which this quarterly report
             is being prepared;

             b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure  controls and procedures as of
             the date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this  quarterly  report (the  "Evaluation
             Date"); and

             c)  Presented  in  this  quarterlyreport  our  conclusions  about  the  effectiveness  of the
             disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.       The registrant's other certifying officers  and  I have  disclosed,  based  on  our  most  recent
         evaluation,  to  the registrant's auditors and that the audit committee of the registrant's board
         of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

             a) All significant  deficiencies in the design or operation of internal  controls which could
             adversely  affect  the  registrant's  ability  to  record,  process,   summarize  and  report
             financial data and have identified for the registrant's  auditors any material  weaknesses in
             internal controls; and

             b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management or other employees who have
             a significant role in the registrant's internal controls; and

6.       The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this  quarterlyreport  whether
         there were significant  changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly
         affect  internal  controls  subsequent to the date of our most recent  evaluation,  including any
         corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

         Date: February 11, 2004

                                                         By:  /s/ Robin Cohan
                                                              Robin Cohan
                                                              Chief Financial Officer
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