DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,023

PRATT + LARSON CERAMICS
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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A)
or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning
on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President
by the International Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section
202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on June 30, 2020 by a
state workforce office on behalf of workers of Pratt + Larson
Ceramics, Portland, Oregon (subject firm). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of ceramic tile.
The investigation revealed that the International Trade
Commission (ITC) found that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports of ceramic tile from
China. Pratt + Larson Ceramics was publicly identified by name
by the ITC as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in a category of determination that is listed in
Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that
determination was published in the Federal Register on May 28,
2020, which is within one year of the date of the TAA petition.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm,
engaged in activities related to the production of ceramic tile,
meet the requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Pratt + Larson Ceramics, Portland, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from that
employment on or after May 28, 2019, through the date of the
certification and who become totally or partially separated
from that employment from the date of the certification
through May 28, 2021, 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 5th day of September 2020.

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