DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,941

MURATA ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA

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, 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 investigation was initiated on January 6, 2004 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Murata Electronics,
North America, Inc., State College, Pennsylvania. The workers at
the subject firm produce electronic capacitors.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined during the period of January through
November of 2003, compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
electronic capacitors increased during the relevant 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 electronic capacitors produced at
Murata Electronics, North America, Inc., State College,
Pennsylvania 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 Murata Electronics, North America, Inc., State
College, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 6, 2003 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of January 2004.

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