DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,919

NELSON FRAMES, INC.
SOPHIA, 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 November 23, 2009 by a company official of Nelson
Frames, Inc., Sophia, North Carolina. The workers are engaged
in activities related to the production of plywood components
for upholstered furniture. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm, who were engaged in the activities related to the
production of plywood components for upholstered furniture, 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 relevant 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)(I) has been met because customer
imports of articles that are like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm have increased during the
relevant period under investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
major declining customers regarding their purchase of plywood
components for upholstered furniture during 2007, 2008, and
January through July 2009 over the corresponding 2008 period.
The survey revealed that customers increased their reliance on
imports of articles that are like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm during the relevant period
under investigation.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports of plywood components for upholstered
furniture 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 Nelson Frames, Inc.,
Sophia, 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 Nelson Frames, Inc., Sophia, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 20, 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 20th day of May, 2010
/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance