DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,779

CORDIS ENDOVASCULAR
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA

Negative Determination 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
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, 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 May 15, 2003 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers of Cordis Endovascular, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, Maple Grove,
Minnesota. The workers at the subject facility were engaged
research and development of endovascular stent-graft systems.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import endovascular stent-graft systems.
The investigation also revealed that the endovascular stent-
grafts developed in Maple Grove, Minnesota were for export, and
were not for U.S. consumption.
Other findings of the investigation show that the company is
shifting a component of the endovascular stent-grafts overseas for
production but that component will then be sent to another foreign
country for final assembly.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Cordis
Endovascular, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, Maple Grove,
Minnesota, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of July, 2003.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance