DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,507

SENECA FOODS CORPORATION
BUHL, IDAHO

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, 2016, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Seneca Foods Corporation, Buhl, Idaho (Seneca
Foods). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of frozen sugar snap peas, frozen sweet corn, and
pouched sweet corn for consumer consumption. The subject worker
group does not include any on-site leased or temporary workers.
The worker groups are separately identifiable by product, and
by frozen processing and pouch processing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm, petitioner and internet
sources.
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 frozen sugar snap peas, frozen sweet corn,
and pouched sweet corn for consumer consumption by Seneca Foods
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Seneca Foods Corporation have increased.
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
Seneca Foods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Seneca Foods
Corporation, Buhl, Idaho, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of frozen sugar snap peas, frozen sweet corn,
and pouched sweet corn for consumer consumption, 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 Seneca Foods Corporation, Buhl, Idaho, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 9, 2015, 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 25th day of July, 2016.

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