DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,227

KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL, INC
BUENA PARK MANUFACTURING
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA

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), 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 on December 16, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a state representative on behalf of
workers of Kraft Foods Global, Inc., Buena Park Manufacturing, Buena
Park, California. The workers at the subject firm produce snack
crackers and cookies; they are not separately identifiable by
product.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased absolutely in December of
2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of snack crackers and cookies in
2003 and 2004. These surveys revealed increases in customer imports
of these products 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 facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject firm
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to
the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Kraft Foods Global, Inc., Buena Park
Manufacturing, Buena Park, California who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 18,
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 at Washington, D.C., this 15th day of March 2005.

/s/ Richard Church

__________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance