DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,554

DIXIE BELLE TEXTILES, INC.
ELKIN, 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 February 24, 2010, on behalf of workers of Dixie Belle
Textiles, Inc., Elkin, North Carolina. The workers produce
women's nylon underwear.
The investigation revealed that workers of Dixie Belle
Textiles who are engaged in employment related to production of
women's nylon underwear meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment has
declined by at least five percent during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of women's nylon underwear by Dixie Belle
Textiles have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with women's nylon underwear by Dixie Belle Textiles have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Dixie Belle Textiles.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dixie Belle Textiles,
Inc., Elkin, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to production of women's nylon underwear 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 Dixie Belle Textiles, Inc., Elkin, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 20, 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 1st day of June, 2010

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