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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-17-044431
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170817
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170821
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170821

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CTI INDUSTRIES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001042187
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FABRICATED RUBBER PRODUCTS, NEC [3060]
		IRS NUMBER:				362848943
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IL
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23115
		FILM NUMBER:		171043564

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		22160 N PEPPER RD
		CITY:			BARRINGTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8473821000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		22160 N PEPPER RD
		CITY:			BARRINGTON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60010
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>&nbsp;FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest
event reported): August 17, 2017</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>CTI
INDUSTRIES CORPORATION</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Illinois</P>

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incorporation)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(Commission File Number)</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">22160 N. Pepper Road Lake Barrington, Illinois</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">60010</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD><TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Registrant's telephone number,
including area code: <B>(847) 382-1000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Not applicable</B></P>

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if changed since last report)</P>

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8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
(see General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (l7 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD>
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registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter)
or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 2.03</B></TD><TD><B>Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On August 17, 2017, the Company executed a Warrant Conversion
Note (&ldquo;Note&rdquo;) in favor of BMO Private Equity (U.S.) Inc. (&ldquo;BMO Private Equity&rsquo;) for $797,881 plus interest
at 11.5% per annum. The Note represents payment due BMO Private Equity resulting from its exercise on August 10, 2017, of its put
right on 144,121 common stock warrants issued to BMO Private Equity in July, 2012. The Note matures on January 18, 2018, or such
earlier date the Company pays the balance owed to BMO Private Equity on the subordinated debt.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, CTI Industries Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized,
August 21, 2017.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Stephen M. Merrick</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Stephen M. Merrick, President</FONT></TD>
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