Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 02/19/2003
Most Recent Update: 06/16/2003
Determination Date: 06/16/2003
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,924
SHAW ALLOY PIPING PRODUCTS, INC.
SHREVPORT, LOUISIANA
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, 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 February 19, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of the workers at Shaw
Alloy Piping Products, Inc. Shreveport, Louisiana. The workers
produce pipes and butt weld pipe fittings.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I)(C) and (II)(B)
have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
increase imports of pipes and butt weld pipe fittings in periods
relevant to separations at the firm, nor did it shift production
to a country that is party to a free trade agreement with the
United States.
The investigation also revealed that United States
aggregate imports of pipe and pipe fittings decreased in 2002
compared with 2001 and also decreased in January through March
2003 compared with the same period in 2002.
Sales declines at the subject firm are largely attributable
to cyclical declines in the industries served by the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Shaw
Alloy Piping Products, Inc. Shreveport, Louisiana, 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 June 2003
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance