DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,171

CARGILL, INC.
CORN MILLING NORTH AMERICA DIVISION
DECATUR, ALABAMA

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 June 11, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Cargill, Inc., Corn Milling North America Division,
Decatur, Alabama (Cargill). The workers produce high fructose
corn syrup and feed products. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Cargill,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of high
fructose corn syrup and feed products, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment at
Cargill declined by at least five percent during the period
under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of high fructose corn syrup and feed
products by Cargill have decreased absolutely during the
period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with high fructose corn
syrup and/or feed products produced by Cargill have increased
during the period under investigation.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customer of articles like or directly
competitive with high fructose corn syrup and/or feed products
produced by Cargill contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Cargill.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cargill, Inc., Corn
Milling North America Division, Decatur, Alabama, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of high
fructose corn syrup and feed 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 Cargill, Inc., Corn Milling North America
Division, Decatur, Alabama, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 10, 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 30th day of November, 2009

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance