DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,605

PENNSYLVANIA VENEER CORPORATION
CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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. 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
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 February 18, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at of Pennsylvania Veneer Corporation, Clearfield,
Pennsylvania. The workers produced hardwood veneer.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C)
and(a)(2)(B)(II. B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import hardwood veneer, nor did it shift production abroad during
the relevant period.
Sales at the subject firm increased from 2003 to 2004. The
firm shut down in February of 2005.
The preponderance of evidence in this investigation indicates
that due to the increasing sales prior to the shutdown worker
separations are not attributable to increases in imports or a shift
in production to a foreign country. Rather, the predominant cause
of layoffs is due to limits on reasonably-priced raw materials,
which prevented the subject firm form achieving a profitable level
of production.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Pennsylvania Veneer Corporation, Clearfield, Pennsylvania covered
by the petition filed on February 14, 2005 are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of March 2005.

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