DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,313

NUT TREE, INC.
KIDRON, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 January 20, 2010 on behalf of workers of Nut Tree, Inc., Kidron,
Ohio. The workers produced hardwood household furniture.

The investigation revealed that workers of Nut Tree, Inc.,
Kidron, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of household furniture, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers at the subject firm was separated,
or threatened with separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because subject firm
sales and production decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate United
States imports of articles like or directly competitive with
household furniture and furniture produced by the workers' firm
increased significantly during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased United States aggregate imports of household furniture
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm contributed importantly to worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Nut Tree, Inc., Kidron, Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Nut Tree, Inc., Kidron, Ohio who are
engaged in activities related to production of household furniture
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 Nut Tree, Inc., Kidron, Ohio, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January 6,
2009, 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 8th day of March, 2010

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