DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,058

SMITH ENTERPRISES, INC.
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF S.E.I., INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF ELITE RESOURCES
ROCK HILL, SOUTH 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 June 17, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Smith Enterprises,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of S.E.I., Inc., Rock Hill, South
Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produce Christmas gift
sets such as gourmet foods, mugs, and bath items.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm leased
production workers from Elite Resources, Pineville, North Carolina.
The investigation also revealed that sales and employment at
the subject firm declined absolutely from 2001 to 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
Christmas gift sets such as gourmet foods, mugs, and bath items
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 Christmas gift sets such as
gourmet foods, mugs, and bath items produced at Smith Enterprises,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of S.E.I., Inc., Rock Hill, South
Carolina, contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production and
at that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Smith Enterprises, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of S.E.I., Inc., Rock Hill, South Carolina, and
leased workers of Elite Resources, producing Christmas gift
sets such as gourmet foods, mugs, and bath items who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 13, 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 21st day of July, 2003.

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