DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,539

E.L. MANSURE COMPANY
A DIVISION OF CHF INDUSTRIES, INC.
CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (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 investigation was initiated on November 14, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of E.L. Mansure Company, a division of CHF Industries,
Inc., Clinton, South Carolina. The workers produce cotton webbing
and cotton knitted fringe.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject facility decreased during the period of January through
October of 2003 compared to the same period in 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's major
customers regarding their purchases of cotton webbing and cotton
knitted fringe in 2001-2002 and January to September, 2002-2003.
The survey revealed increased imports accompanied by reduced
purchases from the subject firm during the period under
investigation.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cotton webbing and cotton knitted
fringe produced at E.L. Mansure Company, a division of CHF
Industries, Inc., Clinton, South Carolina 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 E.L. Mansure Company, a division of CHF
Industries, Inc., Clinton, South Carolina who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
11, 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, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 22nd day of December 2003

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