[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 232 (Friday, December 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75313-75314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30622]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-003919]


Jenny K. Fashions, Meriden, Connecticut; Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment 
Assistance

    Pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103-132) concerning transitional adjustment 
assistance, hereinafter called NAFTA-TAA and in accordance with section 
250(a), subchapter D, chapter 2, title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 2331), the Department of Labor herein presents the 
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to 
apply for NAFTA-TAA.
    In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a 
certification of eligibility to apply for NAFTA-TAA, the following 
group eligibility requirements in paragraph (a)(1) of section 250 of 
the Trade Act must be met:

    (1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in 
such workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision (including workers 
in any agricultural firm or appropriate subdivision thereof) have 
become totally or partially separated from employment and either--
    (2) that sales or production, or both, of such firm or 
subdivision have decreased absolutely,
    (3) and that imports from Mexico or Canada of articles like or 
directly competitive with articles produced by such firm or 
subdivision have increased, and the increases in imports contributed 
importantly to such workers' separations or threat of separation and 
to the decline in the sales or production of such firm or 
subdivision; or
    (4) that there has been a shift in production by such workers' 
firm or subdivision to Mexico or Canada of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles which are produced by the firm or 
subdivision.

    The investigation was initiated on May 11, 2000 in response to a 
petition filed on behalf of workers at Jenny K. Fashions, Meriden, 
Connecticut. Workers produced ladies' blazers and jackets.
    The investigation revealed that criteria (3) and (4) were not met.

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    The subject firm closed in April 2000. Prior to the closure, the 
subject firm experienced declines in production and employment in 1999 
compared to 1998 and in January-April 2000 compared to the same period 
in 1999.
    U.S. imports of wool women's and girls' coats from Mexico decreased 
in the year ending April 2000 compared to the same period in 1999. In 
the year ending April 2000, the ratio of imports from Canada and Mexico 
to total world imports were less than 13%.
    The company itself had no imports from Canada or Mexico of articles 
that are like or directly competitive with articles produced by the 
subject firm. Nor does it plan to import such articles from Canada or 
Mexico. Also, there was no shift of production from the subject firm to 
Canada or Mexico.
    The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the manufacturer 
for whom the subject firm performed contract work in 1998 and 1999. The 
survey revealed that none of the customers had any imports of these 
products from Canada or Mexico during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review, I determine that all workers at Jenny F. 
Fashions, Meriden, Connecticut are denied eligibility to apply for 
NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.
    As a result of the Department's denial for transitional adjustment 
assistance on the subject petition, an investigation will be instituted 
for Trade Adjustment Assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act (19 
U.S.C. 2273) to determine whether increased imports contributed 
importantly to worker separations and declines in sales or production 
at the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision of the workers' firm. 
The petition number assigned to the TAA investigation is TA-W-38,025.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 25th day of July 2000.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-30622 Filed 11-30-00; 8:45 am]
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