DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,280

International Legwear Group
Hildebran, North 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:
(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 September 11, 2009 by comapny official on behalf of
workers of International Legwear Group, Hildebran, North
Carolina. Workers are not separately identifiable by product
line. The workers were under an existing TAA-certification
(TA-W-62,061) that expired on September 11, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers at the subject
firm, who are engaged in the production of socks, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have become separated from employment
during the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of the subject firm decreased during the period
under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with socks
produced and distributed by the subject firm have increased
during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of socks in
2007, 2008, and January through August 2008 and 2009. The
survey revealed customers increased their reliance on imports
of articles like or directly competitive with articles
produced by the subject firm.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of socks by customers contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International Legwear
Group, Hildebran, North Carolina 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 International Legwear Group, Hildebran,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 12, 2009, 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 8th of January, 2010


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance