DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,907

BROYHILL FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
TAYLORSVILLE UPHOLSTERY PLANT
TAYLORSVILLE, 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 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 May 30, 2003 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at Broyhill Furniture
Industries, Inc., Taylorsville Upholstery Plant, Taylorsville,
North Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produce
upholstered living room furniture.
The investigation revealed sales, production and employment
declined during 2001, 2002 and the period of January 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did import upholstered living room furniture during the relevant
period; however, these imports were negligible. The subject firm
did not shift production abroad during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of upholstered living
room furniture. This survey revealed increased imports of
upholstered living room furniture during the relevant period.
Moreover, aggregate U.S. imports of upholstered household
furniture increased 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 upholstered living room furniture
produced at Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., Taylorsville
Upholstery Plant, Taylorsville, 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 Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Taylorsville Upholstery Plant, Taylorsville, North Carolina
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after May 29, 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 27th day of June, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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