DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,739

KENTUCKY DERBY HOSIERY
PLANT #5
MT. AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 December 8, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Kentucky
Derby Hosiery, Plant #5, Mt. Airy, North Carolina. The workers
at the subject facility produced socks.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined absolutely from 2002 to 2003. The subject firm plant
closed during September 2003.
The Department of Labor recently surveyed the subject
facility's major declining customer(s) regarding their purchases
of socks during 2002 and 2003. This survey revealed increases
in imports of socks during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with socks produced at Kentucky
Derby Hosiery, Plant #5, Mt. Airy, North Carolina, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production and at that facility or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Kentucky Derby Hosiery, Plant #5, Mt. Airy,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 1, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 29th day of January, 2004

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