CORRECTED: May 23, 2019

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-94,491

PRINCE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
SIOUX CITY, 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(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.

Contributed importantly means “important but not
necessarily more important than any other cause.” Like means
“substantially identical in inherent or intrinsic
characteristics (i.e., materials from which the articles are
made, appearance, quality, texture, etc.)” and directly
competitive means “although not substantially identical in their
inherent or intrinsic characteristics, are substantially
equivalent in commercial purposes (i.e., adapted to the same
uses and essentially interchangeable therefor).” “An imported
article is directly competitive with an article at an earlier or
later stage of processing, and vice versa, if the importation of
the article has an economic impact on producers of the domestic
article comparable to the effect of importation of articles in
the same stage of processing as the domestic article.” 29 CFR 90
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 28, 2019, by the State of Iowa on behalf of
workers of Prince Manufacturing Corporation, Sioux City, Iowa
(Prince Manufacturing Corporation – Sioux City). The workers’
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
hydraulic fluid power cylinders used in agriculture,
construction, and truck/trailer industries.
The subject worker group does not include on-site leased
workers.
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 Prince Manufacturing
Corporation – Sioux City 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 hydraulic fluid power cylinders at Prince
Manufacturing Corporation – Sioux City have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the hydraulic fluid
power cylinders produced by Prince Manufacturing Corporation –
Sioux City have increased during the relevant period when
compared to the representative base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Prince
Manufacturing Corporation – Sioux City.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Prince Manufacturing
Corporation, Sioux City, Iowa, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of hydraulic fluid power cylinders,
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 Prince Manufacturing Corporation, Sioux
City, Iowa, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 25, 2018 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 3rd day of May 2019.


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