DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,121

ANVIL KNITWEAR, INC.
A DIVISION OF ANVIL HOLDINGS, INC.
HAMER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification 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.
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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 23, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by workers at Anvil Knitwear, Inc., a division
of Anvil Holdings, Inc., Hamer, South Carolina. The workers at the
subject facility produced knitted shirts; they were not separately
identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in a portion of the assembly of
knitted shirts from Hamer, South Carolina to countries (El Salvador
and Honduras) that are beneficiaries under the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to El Salvador and Honduras of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced
by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Anvil Knitwear, Inc., a division of Anvil
Holdings, Inc., Hamer, South Carolina who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 17, 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 7th day of July, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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