DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,938

ALLIANCE FIBER OPTIC PRODUCTS, INC.
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

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 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 September 24, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Alliance Fiber
Optic Products, Inc., Sunnyvale, California. Workers at the
subject firm produce wave dimension multiplexers.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined during the period of January through
August of 2003 compared to the same period in 2002. Company imports
of wave dimension multiplexers increased during the same 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 Wave Dimension Multiplexers
produced at the subject firm 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 Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.,
Sunnyvale, California who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 27, 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 16th day of October 2003

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