DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,276

KOEI AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF KOEI INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION, LTD.
HILLSBORO, OREGON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an active determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on October 21, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Koei America,
Inc., a subsidiary of Koei Industrial Corporation, Ltd., Hillsboro,
Oregon. The workers at the subject firm fabricated precision sheet
metal cabinets and chassis.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import precision sheet metal cabinets and chassis during the
relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of precision sheet metal
cabinets and chassis. The survey revealed no imports chassis from
2000 through September 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Koei
America, Inc., a subsidiary of Koei Industrial Corporation, Ltd.,
Hillsboro, Oregon are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 5th day of December, 2002.



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance