DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,515

PERRY MANUFACTURING
EL DORADO SPRING, MISSOURI

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), as amended, 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 November 24, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Perry Manufacturing, El Dorado Springs, Missouri. The
workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to
the production of outerwear jackets and sport coats.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
Perry Manufacturing, El Dorado Springs, Missouri, declined during
the relevant period.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing aggregate United States imports of men's
and boys' suit coats and sport coats during the relevant period.
The ratio of U.S. imports suit coats and sport jackets was well
over 2700 percent during the 2007 period.
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 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 firm 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 those produced by Perry
Manufacturing, El Dorado Springs, Missouri, contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Perry Manufacturing, El Dorado Springs,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 20, 2007 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 23rd day of December 2008


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