DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,173

TWYFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SEBRING, FLORIDA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 22, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Twyford International, Inc., Sebring, Florida.
The workers produce plants.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm shifted
production to a foreign country which is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers firm or subdivision to Costa Rica of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Twyford International, Inc., Sebring, Florida
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after November 15, 2001 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of December 2002



/s/Richard Church
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance