UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,307

ACUSHNET COMPANY

A SUBSIDIARY OF ACUSHNET HOLDINGS CORPORATION

FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS

Certification Regarding Eligibility

To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("the Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
("Department") herein presents the results of an investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance ("TAA") for workers.

The investigation was initiated in response to a TAA petition
dated September 23, 2020 and filed on September 25, 2020 by a State
Workforce Office, on behalf of workers and former workers of
Acushnet Company, a subsidiary of Acushnet Holdings Corporation,
Fairhaven, Massachusetts (hereafter referred to as the "worker
group").

In accordance with 20 C.F.R. 618.110 a worker group is
defined as, ""¦inclusive of teleworkers and staffed workers."

The worker group is engaged in activities related to the
production of golf balls and accessories and are not separately
identifiable by product.

The petition alleged that worker separations, or threats
thereof, were due to foreign trade because, "product (has been)
sent overseas."

During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the petitioner(s), the workers' firm,
and other relevant sources.

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:

Employment Criterion

(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.

20 C.F.R. 618.225(a)(2)(i)(B) states that an "analysis of
separation data must generally consist of a: "(1) Comparison of
employment on the petition date to employment on the date that is
1 year prior to the petition date; (2) Review of employment
activity during the 1-year period prior to the petition date; and
(3) Review of evidence provided by the workers' firm regarding
actual and threatened separations that occur, or are scheduled to
occur, after the petition date."

The Department determines that the employment criterion has
been met.

Decreased Sales or Production Criterion

(2)(A)(i) The sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely;

According to 20 C.F.R. 618.225(a)(2)(ii)(B), "Analysis of
sales or production data must generally consist of a comparison
of sales or production data on the petition date to sales or
production data on the date that is 1 year prior to the petition
date."

The Department determines that the decreased sales or
production criterion has been met.

Increased Imports Criterion

(2)(A)(ii)(I) Imports of articles or services like or
directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied
by such firm have increased.

20 C.F.R. 618.110 defines increased imports to mean "that
imports have increased either absolutely or relative to domestic
production compared to a representative base period. The
representative base period will be 1 year consisting of the 4
quarters immediately preceding the date that is 12 months prior
to the date of the petition."

The Department determines that the increased imports
criterion has been met.

Contributed Importantly Criterion

(2)(A)(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.

Sec. 222(c) of the Trade Act and 20 C.F.R. 618.110 defines
contributed importantly as "a cause that is important but not
necessarily more important than any other cause." In determining
contributed importantly, according to 20 C.F.R.
618.225(a)(2)(iv) "(A) Analysis of the impact of increased
imports on worker separations and declines in sales or production
at the workers' firm must generally consist of determining: (1)
Whether there are one or more events, or factors, that lessen
or sever the causal nexus between the increase in imports and
worker separations or threat of separation, and the decline in
sales and production at the workers' firm; (2) What percentage
of the workers' firm sales or production declines was
attributable to the firm's increased imports; (3) What
percentage of the workers' firm customer(s) sales or production
declines was attributable to the firm's increased imports; and
(4) Whether there are other events or factors that mitigate or
amplify the impact of increased imports on the workers' firm.
(B) The impact may be determined using a quantitative or
qualitative analysis."

The department determines that the contributed importantly
criterion has been met.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Acushnet Company, a
subsidiary of Acushnet Holdings Corporation, Fairhaven,
Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of golf balls and golf 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 Acushnet Company, a subsidiary of Acushnet
Holdings Corporation, Fairhaven, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 23, 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 January, 2021


/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance