
                                                                    Exhibit 99.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Baltek Corporation (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the period  ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on the  date  hereof  (the  "Report"),  I,  Jacques  Kohn,
President and Chief Executive  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, that:

     1)   The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2)   The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company for the periods presented.




/s/  Jacques Kohn
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Jacques Kohn
President and Chief Executive Officer
August 14,2002







