DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,292

CAROLINA MILLS
PLANT 25
ST. PAULS, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on November 6, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Carolina
Mills, Plant 25, St. Pauls, North Carolina. The workers produced
polyester yarn.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department surveyed the major customers of Carolina Mills
regarding their purchases of polyester yarn during 1998, 1999, and
January-September 2000. The survey revealed that none of the
respondents increased their purchases of imports while decreasing
their purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Carolina
Mills, Plant 25, St. Paul, North Carolina are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of December, 2000


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance