DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,030

INTERSTATE INDUSTRIES OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC
KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI

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 January 16, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Interstate Industries of Mississippi, LLC, Kosciusko,
Mississippi. The workers produce electrical wiring harnesses.
The investigation revealed that sales at the subject firm
decreased in 2003 compared with 2002. The firm anticipates laying-
off its workforce prior to closure in late February, 2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of electrical wiring harnesses
in 2003 and 2003. The survey revealed a substantial increase in
imports 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 electrical wiring harnesses
produced at Interstate Industries of Mississippi, LLC, Kosciusko,
Mississippi 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 Interstate Industries of Mississippi, LLC,
Kosciusko, Mississippi who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 15, 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."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of January, 2004.

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