DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,652

GENTRY MILLS, INC.
ALBEMARLE, 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 22, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Gentry Mills, Inc., Albemarle, North Carolina (Gentry
Mills). The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of commission dye house fabric. The worker group
does not include any leased or temporary on-site workers.
The subject workers were eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-63,712A (which expired on
August 27, 2010).
The investigation revealed that workers of Gentry Mills,
who are engaged in the production of commission dye house
fabric, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Gentry Mills has become
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because Gentry Mills
sales and/or production have decreased during the relevant
time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with commission dye house
fabric produced by Gentry Mills have increased during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of commission dye house fabric by
customers of Gentry Mills contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at the
Albemarle, North Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gentry Mills,
Albemarle, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of commission dye house fabric, 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 Gentry Mills, LLC, Albemarle, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 28, 2010, 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 7th day of February, 2011

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen___________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance