DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,915

BORBET ALABAMA INC.

AUBURN, ALABAMA

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 May 7, 2020 on behalf of workers and former workers of
Borbet Alabama Inc., Auburn, Alabama (Borbet Alabama). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of aluminum wheels.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and the firm's
major declining customer(s).

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Borbet Alabama 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 Borbet Alabama
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 aluminum wheels
produced by Borbet Alabama have increased during the relevant
period when compared to the representative base period.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
customer imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Borbet Alabama.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Borbet Alabama, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of aluminum
wheels, 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 Borbet Alabama Inc., Auburn, Alabama, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 6, 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 11th day of February, 2021


/s/ Del-Min Amy Chen
_______________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance