DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,539

CARROLLTON SPECIALTY PRODUCTS COMPANY
MOBERLY, MISSOURI

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 worker
petition filed on May 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of
Carrollton Specialty Products Company, Moberly, Missouri. The
workers produce greeting cards and paper products. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Carrollton
Specialty Products Company who were engaged in employment
related to the production of greeting cards and paper products
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of greeting cards and paper products by
Carrollton Specialty Products Company have declined absolutely
in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
greeting cards and paper products produced by Carrollton
Specialty Products Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of greeting cards and paper products and
or articles like or directly competitive by customers of
Carrollton Specialty Products Company contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Carrollton Specialty Products Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Carrollton Specialty
Products Company, Moberly, Missouri, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of greeting cards and
paper products 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 Carrollton Specialty Products Company,
Moberly, Missouri, 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 25th day of August, 2009.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance