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|EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of CTI Industries Corporation (the Company) on Form
10-K for the period ending December 31, 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. § 1350, as adopted pursuant
to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
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| | (1) | The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934; and                              
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| | (2) | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and result of operations of the Company.

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|Date: May 9, 2005 |     | CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION                                                     
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|                  | By: | /s/ Stephen M. Merrick                                                         
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|                  |     | Stephen M. Merrick, Executive Vice-
      President and Chief Financial Officer
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