DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,277

MISSISSIPPI POLYMERS, INC.
CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 20, 2009 on behalf of workers of Mississippi
Polymers, Inc., Corinth, Mississippi. The workers are engaged
in employment related production of industrial laminates also
known as recreational awnings.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mississippi
Polymers, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
production of industrial laminates meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of industrial laminates by Mississippi
Polymers, Inc. have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with industrial laminates produced by Mississippi Polymers,
Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imports by customers of Mississippi
Polymers, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Mississippi
Polymers, Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mississippi Polymers,
Inc., Corinth, Mississippi, who are engaged in employment
related to industrial laminates meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Mississippi Polymers, Inc., Corinth,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 19, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the date of certification through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of October, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance