DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,906

O & P TAILOR, INC.
a/k/a BULLET CREEK GARMENT CO., INC.
TELLICO PLAINS, TENNESSEE

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 26, 2001, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at O & P Tailor, Inc., a/k/a Bullet Creek Garment
Co., Inc., Tellico Plains, Tennessee. The workers produced infants'
apparel.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and employ-
ment declined to zero when the subject firm closed on March 15,
2001.
The investigation further revealed that the garments produced
by the subject firm 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 the aggregate U.S.
import-to-shipments ratio in the infants' apparel category was 482%
in the relevant period.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the sole
major customer of the subject firm concerning its purchases of
infants' apparel in 1999, 2000, and the first-quarter of 2001. The
survey revealed that the respondent reported increasing its imports
of infants' apparel while decreasing purchases from the subject firm
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga
tion, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with infants' apparel produced by O & P Tailor,
Inc., a/k/a Bullet Creek Garment Co., Inc., Tellico Plains,
Tennessee, 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 O & P Tailor, Inc., a/k/a Bullet Creek Garment
Co., Inc., Tellico Plains, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 12,
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 25th day of May, 2001.




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