DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,965

KEY CITY FURNITURE, INC.
WILKESBORO, 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 August 8, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Key City Furniture, Inc., Wilkesboro, North
Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produce upholstered
furniture.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the subject firm and the U.S. International
Trade Commission.
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/or production of upholstered furniture produced by Key
City Furniture, Inc., Wilkesboro, North Carolina have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Key City Furniture, Inc., Wilkesboro, North
Carolina have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Key City
Furniture, Inc., Wilkesboro, North Carolina.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Key City Furniture,
Inc., Wilkesboro, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of upholstered 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 Key City Furniture, Inc., Wilkesboro,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 7, 2012, 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, 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 19th day of August, 2013


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