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|EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I,
Howard W. Schwan, President of CTI Industries Corporation, certify that:
1.             I have reviewed this annual
report on Form 10-K 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)), for the registrant and we 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;
b)            Paragraph
omitted in accordance with SEC transition instructions contained in SEC Release 34-47986;
c)            Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures 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
d)            Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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.
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):
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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
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.
Date: May 9, 2005
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| | By:                        
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| | Howard W. Schwan, President
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