DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,827

GINA FASHIONS INC.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 12, 2001, and filed by the UNITE Local 10/89-22-1
on behalf of workers at Gina Fashions Inc., Brooklyn, New York.
The workers produced ladies' coats.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm all declined to zero on January 17,
2001 when the Brooklyn plant closed.
The investigation further revealed that the ladies' coats
produced by Gina Fashions Inc., Brooklyn, New York are marketed
through normal retail channels. Thus the articles manufactured by
the subject firm have been impacted importantly by the high
penetration of imports into this market.
Investigative findings revealed that aggregate U.S. imports of
women's and girls' coats and jackets increased sharply in the
twelve-month period ending in September 2000 compared with the same
period in 1999. In addition, the latest available data on the
import-to-shipments ratio in this category is at an extraordinarily
high level of more than 400% in the twelve-month period ending in
September 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with ladies' coats produced at Gina
Fashions Inc., Brooklyn, New York, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Gina Fashions Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 20, 2000, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 13th day of July, 2001.

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