DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,819

SOUTHWIRE COMPANY LLC
HAYESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 March 17, 2020 on behalf of workers and former workers
of Southwire Company LLC, Hayesville, North Carolina
(Southwire-Hayesville). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of electronic and coaxial
cable. The worker group does not include on-site leased
workers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Southwire-Hayesville 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 Southwire-
Hayesville sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the electronic and
coaxial cable produced by Southwire-Hayesville have increased
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased firm imports contributed importantly to worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Southwire-
Hayesville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Southwire-Hayesville,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
electronic and coaxial cable, 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 Southwire Company LLC, Hayesville, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 16, 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 20th day of April 2020.

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