DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,653

BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT AND AEROTEK
PORTLAND, OREGON

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), can be
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)(III) imports of articles directly incorporating one
or more component parts produced outside the United States
that are like or directly competitive with imports of
articles incorporating one or more component parts
produced 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, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Blount International, Inc., Portland, Oregon
(Blount International, Inc.). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of replacement parts,
equipment, and accessories for the forestry, lawn, and garden;
farm, ranch, and agriculture; and concrete cutting and
finishing markets. The products produced by the workers' firm
is incorporated into chain saws. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Express Employment and
Aerotek.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the firm's
customer(s).
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 replacement parts, equipment, and
accessories by Blount International, Inc. have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
chain saws directly incorporating component parts produced
outside the United States that are like or directly competitive
with imports of chain saws incorporating component parts
produced by Blount International, Inc. have increased in
reliance. Additionally, imports of replacement parts, equipment,
and accessories was reported during the period relevant to the
investigation.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of chain saws contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Blount International, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Blount International,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
and Aerotek, Portland, Oregon, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of replacement parts, equipment, and
accessories 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 Blount International, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment and Aerotek,
Portland, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 5, 2019, 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 4th day of November 2020.

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