DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,385

SANTINI CORPORATION
LEOMA, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on December 18, 2002 and filed by the company on behalf
of workers at Santini Corporation, Leoma, Tennessee. The workers
produce ladies' skirts.
The investigation revealed that a significant portion of
workers at the subject company have been separated or are
threatened with separation from employment and that sales at the
subject plant declined during the relevant time period.
The investigation also revealed that aggregate U.S. imports
of selected ladies' skirts increased in the January through
October 2002 period compared to the same period in 2001. The
ratio of imports to domestic shipments for ladies skirts was over
200% in the twelve months period ended June 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with ladies' skirts produced at
Santini Corporation, Leoma, Tennessee contributed importantly to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Santini Corporation, Leoma, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 17, 2001 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of January, 2003.


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