DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,701

CTS & I MILLWORK
ROCKY MOUNT, VIRGINIA

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 revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B.) were not met.
The investigation was initiated on July 16, 2008, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of CTS & I Millwork, Rocky
Mount, Virginia. The workers at the subject firm perform functions
associated with millwork (i.e. trim, doors, cabinets).
The investigation revealed that employment and production
declined at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import articles like or directly competitive with millwork nor did
they shift production of millwork to a foreign country during 2006,
2007, or January through June 2008.
Trade data for wood windows and doors, cabinets, and other
millwork including flooring revealed U.S. imports for consumption
declined from 2006 to 2007 and in January through July 2008 when
compared with the same period of 2007. Furthermore, U.S. imports
of builder's joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood
panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles, and shakes declined
from 2006 to 2007 and from January through July 2008 when compared
to the same time period the previous year.
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 this
investigation, I determine that all workers of CTS & I Millwork,
Rocky Mount, Virginia, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment 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 6th day of October, 2008.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance