DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,037

CRAFTWOOD, INC.
HIGH POINT, 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 May 27, 2015 on behalf of workers of Craftwood, Inc.,
High Point, North Carolina (Craftwood). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of veneer faces
and backs. The worker groups are not separately identifiable
by articles produced. The subject worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, and from the United States
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 veneer faces and backs produced by
Craftwood have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
Craftwood have increased during 2015 from 2014 levels.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Craftwood.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Craftwood, Inc., High
Point, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of veneer faces and backs, produced 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 Craftwood, Inc., High Point, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 26, 2014, 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 12th day of December, 2015

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