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TAW-54009  /  Oxford Drapery, Inc. (Timmonsville, SC)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 01/12/2003
Filed Date: 01/14/2004
Most Recent Update: 02/17/2004
Determination Date: 02/17/2004
Expiration Date: 02/17/2006


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,009

OXFORD DRAPERY, INC.
TIMMONSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, 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 in response to a petition
received on January 14, 2004 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Oxford Drapery, Inc., Timmonsville, South,
Carolina. The workers produced bedspreads, drapes and curtains.
The investigation revealed that subject plant sales,
production and employment declined during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customer regarding their purchases of
bedspreads, drapes and curtains during 2003 over the 2002 period.
The survey revealed that customers increased their reliance on
imports, while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm
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 bedspreads, drapes and curtains
produced at Oxford Drapery, Inc., Timmonsville, 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 Oxford Drapery, Inc., Timmonsville, South,
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 12, 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."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 17th day of February, 2004.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance