DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,078

CARGILL'S AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAIN, NORTH AMERICA
A SUBSIDIARY OF CARGILL INCORPORATED
IOWA FALLS, IOWA

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 23, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Cargill's Agricultural Supply Chain, North
America, a subsidiary of Cargill Incorporated, Iowa Falls,
Iowa. The subject worker group is engaged in activities related
to the supply of processing grain, oilseeds, and cotton
(biodiesel).
The investigation revealed that, on December 28, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found that "an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia." These imports were
found "to be sold in the United States at less than fair
value, and to be subsidized by the government of China." A
petition has been filed on behalf of workers of Cargill's
Agricultural Supply Chain, North America. That firm was
publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in a category of determination that is
listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In
addition, that determination was published in the Federal
Register on December 28, 2017, which is within one year of the
date of the petition filed requesting Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cargill's
Agricultural Supply Chain, North America, Iowa Falls, Iowa,
engaged in activities related to the supply of processing grain,
oilseeds, and cotton (biodiesel), meet the requirements of
Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Cargill's Agricultural Supply Chain, North
America, Iowa Falls, Iowa, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after December 28,
2016, through December 28, 2018, 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 28th day of September 2018.

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