DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,457

OXFORD COLLECTIONS
A DIVISION OF LI & FUNG USA
GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 29, 2009 on behalf of workers of Oxford
Collections, a Division of Li & Fung USA, Gaffney, South
Carolina (Oxford Collections). The workers provided quality
control and technical design services related to the wholesale
import sales of apparel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Oxford
Collections, who are engaged in employment related to quality
control and technical design services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number or proportion of workers at Oxford Collections have
been separated, or threatened with separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
by Oxford Collections to a foreign country the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the quality control
and technical design services provided by the subject workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of quality
control and technical design services from Gaffney, South
Carolina to China contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Oxford Collections, Gaffney, South Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Oxford Collections, a
Division of Li & Fung USA, Gaffney, South Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to quality control and technical
design services, 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 Oxford Collections, a Division of Li &
Fung USA, Gaffney, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 25,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 10th day of March, 2010

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