DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,356

KEY PLASTICS LLC
PORT HURON, MICHIGAN

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 cer-
tification 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 deter-
mined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of Section
222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 16, 2002, in re-
sponse to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Key Plastics
LLC, Port Huron, Michigan. The workers produced plastic interior
car parts.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to a shift in plant production of plastic interior
car parts to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that there was a shift in production from the
workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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 Key Plastics LLC, Port Huron, Michigan who be-
came totally or partially separated from employment on or af-
ter December 1, 2001 through two years from the date of certi-
fication are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of January, 2003




/s/Elliott S. Kushner______
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance