[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 59884] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-29222] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-32,949; TA-W-32,950] Barclay Home Products; Cherokee, North Carolina and Robbinsville, North Carolina; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration On June 13, 1997, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration, applicable to workers and former workers of Barclay Home Products located in Cherokee and Robbinsville, North Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal Register on June 27, 1997 (62 FR 34712). The petitioner presented evidence that the Department's survey of the subject firm's customers was incomplete. The initial determination reported that the workers at the subject firm produced quilted comforters. New information provided to the Department on reconsideration reveals that the workers at the subject firm plants in Cherokee and Robbinsville, North Carolina were also producing quilts and quilt ensembles. The workers producing quilted comforters, quilts and quilt ensembles are not separately identifiable by product. New information provided by the subject firm show that sales and production of quilts and quilt ensembles declined during the time period relevant to the investigation. Employment declined to zero when the subject firm plants closed in December 1996. The quantity of aggregate U.S. imports of quilts increased from 1995 to 1996 and in the twelve month time period of July through June 1997 compared to the same twelve month time period of 1996. The value of aggregate U.S. imports of quilts declined from 1995 to 1996, but increased in the twelve month time period of July through June 1997 compared to the same twelve month time period of 1996. On reconsideration, the Department conducted a survey of the subject firm's major declining customers. Survey findings show that from 1995 to 1996, a major customer stopped purchasing quilts and quilt ensembles from Barclay Home Products in favor of increased purchases of quilts and quilt ensembles from other domestic sources that were wholly manufactured in other foreign countries. Conclusion After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with quilts and quilt ensembles contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of Barclay Home Products, Cherokee and Robbinsville, North Carolina. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification: All workers of Barclay Home Products, Cherokee, North Carolina (TA-W-32,949) and Robbinsville, North Carolina (TA-W-32,950), who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after November 7, 1995, are eligible to apply for worker adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974. Signed in Washington, DC, this 16th day of October 1997. Grant D. Beale, Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 97-29222 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-M