DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,528

FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING U.S.A., INC.
GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA

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
(TAA), 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 25, 2008 in response
to a petition (dated November 24, 2008) filed by workers on behalf of
the workers of Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., Greenwood, South
Carolina (subject firm). Workers at the subject firm produce single-
use cameras, and are separately identifiable by article produced.
That is, another worker group engaged in the production of X-ray film
at the subject firm is covered under an existing TAA certification
(TA-W-63,028; issued April 10, 2008).



The investigation revealed that employment, production and sales
of single-use camera at the subject firm declined during the relevant
period.
An industry analysis shows that the single-use camera domestic
market is oligopolistic.
The Department's survey of the oligopoly members revealed that a
significant portion of single-use cameras sold in the United States
is produced in foreign countries and that increased imports
contributed importantly to workers separations at the subject firm
during the relevant period.
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 group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met.
The Department has determined in the immediate 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 single-use cameras produced at the subject firm
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of workers
and to the decline in sales or production of that article at the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"Workers of Fujifilm Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., Greenwood,
South Carolina, engaged in the production of single-use
disposable cameras, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 24, 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 eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day of February 2009


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