DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,627

CLINTON IMPERIAL CHINA, INC.
CLINTON, ILLINOIS

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
eligibility 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 subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on February 5, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Clinton
Imperial China, Inc., Clinton, Illinois. The workers produced
ceramic vases, lamps, figurines, and pitchers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
United States imports of glazed course-grained and fine
grained earthenware/stoneware, tableware and kitchenware; and of
earthenware ornamental articles, having a reddish-colored body and
a lustrous glaze of differing colors, declined in 2000 compared
with 1999. Ceramic (other than porcelain or china) hotel,
restaurant or nonhousehold tableware and kitchenware, declined in
1999 compared with 1998 and were relatively stable in 2000 compared
with 1998. The leading product manufactured at the facility at
the time of closing was pitchers. The immediate causes of the
closing were related to operations of the plant and not to any
imports of pitchers.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Clinton
Imperial China, Inc., Clinton, Illinois, 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 June, 2001


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance