DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,156

HALMODE APPAREL INCORPORATED
A DIVISION OF KELLWOOD COMPANY
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

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 October 6, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Halmode Apparel Inc.,
Roanoke, Virginia. The subject firm is a division of Kellwood
Company. The workers produced markers used abroad in the production
of dresses.
The investigation revealed that criteria I.C. and II.C. are
not met.
Separations at the subject facility occurred as a result of a
shift of production of markers from the subject facility to a
country not under a free trade agreement with the United States.
The markers are used by the company in its production of dresses at
foreign facilities and are not imported.
Although the subject firm imports dresses for sale to U.S.
customers, dresses cannot be considered like or directly
competitive to markers, and thus cannot be used as the basis for
certification under the Trade Act of 1974.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Halmode Apparel Inc., Roanoke, Virginia are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of November 2003

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