DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,423

GRANVILLE HOSIERY, INC.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

By letter dated September 24, 2004 a company official
requested administrative reconsideration regarding the
Department’s Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers
of the subject firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination signed on August 26, 2004 was based on the finding
that imports of men’s, women’s, and children’s socks did not
contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject plant
and no shift of production to a foreign source occurred. The
denial notice was published in the Federal Register on September
23, 2004 (69 FR 57093).
To support the request for reconsideration, the company
official supplied additional information. Upon further review of
the initial investigation and contact with subject firm’s largest
customers, it was revealed that subject firm customers
significantly increased their import purchases of socks while
decreasing its purchases from the subject firm during the
relevant period.
It was further revealed that U.S. aggregate imports of socks
increased significantly, while aggregate domestic production of
socks decreased during the relevant period.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
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 additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Granville
Hosiery, Inc., Oxford, North Carolina, contributed importantly to
the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Granville Hosiery, Inc., Oxford, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 5, 2003 through two years from
the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of October 2004.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,423

GRANVILLE HOSIERY, INC.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determinations 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on August 11, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Granville Hosiery, Inc., Oxford, North Carolina. The workers at
the subject firm produce men’s, women’s, and children’s socks.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B) were
not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import men’s, women’s, and children’s socks during 2002, 2003 or
January through June 2004, nor was production of socks shifted from
the Oxford, North Carolina plant to a foreign country.
Furthermore, the U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey
of the subject firm’s major customers regarding their purchases of
men’s, women’s, and children’s socks. Respondents reported no
imports of men’s, women’s, and children’s socks during the relevant
time period.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Granville Hosiery, Inc., Oxford, North Carolina are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of August 2004.


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