DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,840

PAM TRADING CORPORATION
HOSIERY DIVISION
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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.
The investigation was initiated on March 25, 2005, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
PAM Trading Corporation, Hosiery Division, Greensboro, North
Carolina. The workers performed technical sales and service of
hosiery knitting and finishing machines and parts.
The investigation revealed that PAM Trading Corporation,
Hosiery Division, Greensboro, North Carolina, does not produce an
article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In
order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group
seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is being
sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article and there must be a relationship between the
workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The technical sales and service
representatives do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and thus the worker group can
not be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of PAM
Trading Corporation, Hosiery Division, Greensboro, North Carolina
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of April 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance