DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,553

ARVIN MERITOR
LOUDON, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), 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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on April 22, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Arvin Meritor, Loudon, Tennessee. The workers at the subject firm
produce automotive exhaust systems and components; they are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely from 2001 to 2002 and during the
period of January through March of 2003, when compared to the same
period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
automotive exhaust systems and components increased absolutely
during the relevant period.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with automotive exhaust systems and
components produced at Arvin Meritor, Loudon, 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 Arvin Meritor, Loudon, Tennessee who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 9, 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 12th day of June, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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