DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,416

HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HARBISONWALKER INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
FULTON, MISSOURI

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 November 15, 2016 by a one-stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers of HarbisonWalker International, Inc., a
subsidiary of Harbison WalkerInternational Holdings, Inc.,
Fulton, Missouri ("HarbisonWalker International, Inc."). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of refractory bricks. The subject worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
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 refractory bricks by HarbisonWalker
International, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by HarbisonWalker International, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
HarbisonWalker International, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HarbisonWalker
International, Inc., a subsidiary of HarbisonWalker
International Holdings, Inc., Fulton, Missouri, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of refractory bricks,
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 HarbisonWalker International, Inc., a
subsidiary of HarbisonWalker International Holdings,
Inc., Fulton, Missouri, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 14, 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 21st day of December 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance