DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,511

FDP VIRGINIA, INC.
1290 MT. LANDING ROAD
TAPPAHANNOCK, VIRGINIA

TA-W-94,511A

FDP VIRGINIA, INC.
1076 AIRPORT ROAD
TAPPAHANNOCK, VIRGINIA

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 6, 2019 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of FDP Virginia Inc., 1290 Mt. Landing Road,
Tappahannock, Virginia (TA-W-94,511) and FDP Virginia Inc.,
1076 Airport Road, Tappahannock, Virginia (TA-W-94,511A)
(herein referred to as "FDP"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of brake pads and brake
shoes for automobiles. Workers from the subject firm are not
separately identifiable by article or location.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 brake pads and brake shoes for automobiles
by FDP have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by FDP have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at FDP.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of from FDP Virginia
Inc., 1290 Mt. Landing Road, Tappahannock, Virginia (TA-W-
94,511) and FDP Virginia Inc., 1076 Airport Road, Tappahannock,
Virginia (TA-W-94,511A), who are engaged in activities related
to the production of brake pads and brake shoes for automobiles
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 FDP Virginia Inc., 1290 Mt. Landing Road,
Tappahannock, Virginia (TA-W-94,511) and FDP Virginia
Inc., 1076 Airport Road, Tappahannock, Virginia (TA-W-
94,511A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 5, 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 15th day of February 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance