DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,161

HOKUMO AMERICA CORPORATION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF HOKUMO CORPORATION LTD.
BARDSTOWN, KENTUCKY

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 August 28, 2009 on behalf of workers of Hokumo America
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hokumo Company Ltd.,
Bardstown, Kentucky. The workers produce automotive parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hokumo America
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to
production of automotive parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to foreign countries the production of an article
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of automotive parts to Japan and Thailand by Hokumo America
Corporation contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Bardstown, Kentucky facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hokumo America
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hokumo Company Ltd.,
Bardstown, Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related to
production of automotive parts 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 Hokumo America Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Hokumo Company Ltd., Bardstown, Kentucky, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 18, 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 14th day of October, 2009


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