DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,113

TOPPAN ELECTRONICS, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF MANPOWER, INC. AND PAYROLLING.COM
A SUBSIDIARY OF TOPPAN PRINTING, LTD.
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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.
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 revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C)
and(a)(2)(B)(II. B) have not been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 7, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Toppan Electronics,
Inc., a subsidiary of Toppan Printing, Ltd., San Diego, California.
The workers at the subject facility produced printed circuit
boards.
The investigation revealed the preponderance of declines in
employment is directly attributable to a shift in production of
printed circuit boards to a foreign country (Japan). However, the
subject firm does not import PCBs. The PCBs produced in Japan are
shipped to other foreign firms for further processing before they
are returned to the United States, and are not like or directly
competitive with those produced at the San Diego plant.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Toppan
Electronics, Inc., a subsidiary of Toppan Printing, Ltd., San
Diego, California, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of June, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance