Exhibit 31.1



CERTIFICATION



I, John H. Schwan, certify that:



1.             I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 2 of CTI Industries Corporation;



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



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



4.             The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:



| | a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
    procedures to be designed under our supervision, 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 report is being prepared;
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| | b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
    over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
    financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles;
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| | c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented
    in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
    covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial
    reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the
    case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
    control over financial reporting; and
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5.             The
registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or
persons performing the equivalent functions):



| | a. | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
    control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
    process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b. | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have
    a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: November 25, 2015



| | /s/ John H. Schwan                     
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| | John H. Schwan, Chief Executive Officer