DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,833

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES
CAROLINA CONVERTING
NORTHERN MILL DIVISION
FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 on February 10, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Caraustar Industries, Carolina Converting, Northern Mill
Division, Fayetteville, North Carolina. The workers at the subject
firm produced puzzles and games.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased from 2001 to 2002.
The Department of Labor contacted the subject firm's major
declining customer regarding their purchases of puzzles and games.
The customer revealed that they increased their imports of puzzles
and games during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with puzzles and games produced at
Caraustar Industries, Carolina Converting, Northern Mill Division,
Fayetteville, North Carolina 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 Caraustar Industries, Carolina Converting,
Northern Mill Division, Fayetteville, North Carolina who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 1, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of March, 2003.

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