EXHIBIT 32

    CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
          RELATING TO A PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

      I, Eugene V. N. Bissell, Chief Executive Officer, and I, Martha B.
Lindsay, Chief Financial Officer, of each of AmeriGas Propane, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation and the General Partner of AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), AmeriGas Finance Corp.
("Finance Corp."), AmeriGas Eagle Finance Corp. ("Eagle Finance Corp.") and AP
Eagle Finance Corp. ("AP Finance Corp." and collectively with the Partnership,
Finance Corp. and Eagle Finance Corp., the "Registrant") hereby certify that to
our knowledge:

      (1)   The Registrant's periodic report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
            March 31, 2004 (the "Form 10-Q") fully complies with the
            requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934, as amended; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER                      CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

/s/ Eugene V. N. Bissell                     /s/ Martha B. Lindsay
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Eugene V. N. Bissell                         Martha B. Lindsay

Date: May 17, 2004                           Date: May 17, 2004