DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,377

CULP WEAVING
A DIVISION OF CULP, INC.
PAGELAND PLANT
PAGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 21, 2005, in
response to a petition on behalf of workers of Culp Weaving, a
division of Culp, Inc., Pageland Plant, Pageland, South Carolina.
The workers at the subject firm produce upholstery fabric.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject facility decreased during the period of 2004 to January of
2005.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's major
customers regarding their purchases of upholstery fabric. This
survey revealed increases in imports of upholstery fabric 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 division 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 upholstery fabric produced at the
subject firm 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 Culp Weaving, a division of Culp, Inc.,
Pageland Plant, Pageland, South Carolina who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 18,
2004, 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 24th day of February 2005.



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