DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,796

I.E.C. ELECTRONICS CORP.
EDINBURG, TEXAS

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 March 12, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at I.E.C. Electronics, Corp., Edinburg, Texas. The
workers are engaged in the production of printed circuit boards.
This investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of printed circuit boards.
None of the respondents reported increasing imports while
reducing purchases from the subject firm during the relevant
periods of this investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of I.E.C.
Electronics, Corp., Edinburg, Texas are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 3rd day of May, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance