DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,185

SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION
CORRUGATED CONTAINER DIVISION
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

Negative Determination 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on November 26, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the Paper, Allied-Industrial,
Chemical and Energy Workers International Union on behalf of
workers at Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Corrugated
Container Division, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The workers at the
subject firm produced corrugated packaging and are not separately
identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import corrugated packaging from 2000 to 2001 as well as during the
period of January through November 2002 when compared to the same
period in 2001.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did shift production of a portion, insignificant in nature, of its
corrugated packaging to Canada during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of corrugated
packaging. This surveyed revealed no imports of corrugated
packaging during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Smurfit-
Stone Container Corporation, Corrugated Container Division,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of January 2003



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