DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,674

ARCHER TRIM, INC.
LUMBERTON, 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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 June 1, 2012 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Archer Trim, Lumberton, North Carolina (Archer Trim). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of collars, cuffs, and trim.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the firm's customers, and the
customer's customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales and
production of collars, cuffs, and trim by Archer Trim have
decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because
customer imports of fabric packages for garment manufacturing
like or directly competitive with fabric packages for garment
manufacturing incorporating collars, cuffs, and trim produced by
Archer Trim which are directly incorporated have increased
reliance on imports.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased reliance on customer imports of fabric packages for
garment manufacturing contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Archer Trim.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Archer Trim, Inc.,
Lumberton, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of collars, cuffs, and trim 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 Archer Trim, Inc., Lumberton, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 31, 2011 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 31st day of July, 2012.

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