DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,055

ADVANCED MACHINING, INC.
NEWBERG, OREGON

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 June 17, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Advanced Machining,
Inc., Newberg, Oregon. The workers produced machined camera parts.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.A), (I.B), (I.C),
and (II.B.) have not been not met.
The investigation revealed that employment levels January
through June 2002/2003 did not decline.
The subject firm has not transferred production abroad nor has
it increased imports of the products it manufactures.
The United States Department of Labor conducted a survey of
the subject firm's major customer regarding their purchases of
camera parts during 2001, 2002 and January through June
2002/2003. The survey revealed no imports.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Advanced
Machining, Inc., Newberg, Oregon 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 24th day of July 2003.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance