DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,380
HUITT MILLS, INC.
HILDEBRAN, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-72,380A
HUITT MILLS, INC.
NORTH WILKESBORO, 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 23, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Huitt Mills, Inc., Hildebran, North Carolina (TA-W-
72,380) and Huitt Mills, Inc., North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
(TA-W-72,380A). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of men's and boys' and women's and girls'
socks.
The investigation revealed that workers of Huitt Mills,
Inc., who are engaged in activities related to the production of
men's and boys' and women's and girls' socks meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of men's and boys' and women's and girls'
socks by Huitt Mills, Inc., decreased during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of men's and boys' and women's and girls'
socks like or directly competitive with the socks produced by
Huitt Mills, Inc., were high relative to manufacturers'
shipments, and the ratio of imports to shipments increased
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased United States aggregate imports of socks
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Huitt Mills, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Huitt Mills, Inc.,
Hildebran, North Carolina (TA-W-72,380) and Huitt Mills, Inc.,
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (TA-W-72,380A), who are engaged
in activities related to the production of men's and boys' and
women's and girls' socks 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 Huitt Mills, Inc., Hildebran, North
Carolina (TA-W-72,380) and Huitt Mills, Inc., North
Wilkesboro, North Carolina (TA-W-72,380A), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 16, 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 9th day of April, 2010


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