DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,619

AMKOR TECHNOLOGY
NC A5 FACTORY
MORRISVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-61,619A

AMKOR TECHNOLOGY
NC A5 FACTORY
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination 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 June 5, 2007 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Amkor Technology, NC A5 Factory, Morrisville, North Carolina (TA-W-
61,619); Amkor Technology, NC A5 Factory, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina (TA-W-61,619A).
The workers of Amkor Technology, NC A5 Factory, Morrisville,
North Carolina (TA-W-61,619), produce silicon wafers; the workers
of Amkor Technology, NC A5 Factory, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina (TA-W-61,619A), produce silicon dies. In addition to
manufacturing the subject facilities perform research &
development, design, and engineering services
The investigation revealed that criterion (a)(2)(A)(I.B.) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B.) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that sales and production by the
subject firm increased in 2005, 2006 and year to date 2007.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm did not
import silicon wafers or silicon dies during the relevant period.
The subject firm shifted production of silicon wafer and
silicon dies to a foreign country (Taiwan) during the relevant
period, but an increase in imports is unlikely since production is
to serve that foreign market.
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 assistance
(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 of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Amkor Technology, NC
A5 Factory, Morrisville, North Carolina (TA-W-61,619); Amkor
Technology, NC A5 Factory, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
(TA-W-61,619A), 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 27th day of June 2007.


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