DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,235

GRUMA CORPORATION
D/B/A MISSION FOODS AND AZTECA MILLING L.P.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GRUMA CORPORATION S.A.B. DE C.V.
IRVING, TEXAS

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 19, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of Gruma Corporation, D/B/A Mission Foods and Azteca Milling
L.P., a subsidiary of Gruma Corporation S.A.B. De C.V., Irving,
Texas (subject firm). The subject firm is engaged in activities
related to the manufacturing of tortillas and tortillas chips.
The subject workers are engaged in activities related to the
supply of accounting, payroll, and related support services.
Workers engaged in the supply of other services are excluded.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the accounting, payroll, and related support
services provided by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of accounting,
payroll, and related support services, 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 Gruma Corporation, D/B/A Mission Foods and
Azteca Milling L.P., a subsidiary of Gruma Corporation
S.A.B. De C.V., Irving, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 17,
2016 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 15th day of December 2017.

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