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EXHIBIT 99.3

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 Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2002 (the "Report"), I, R. Jordan Gates, Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 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, as amended; and

2.

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

/s/  R. JORDAN GATES R. Jordan Gates
Executive Vice President-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
August 14, 2002

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EXHIBIT 99.3 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002