DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,972

KOSA
SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 9, 2001, and filed
by a company official on behalf of workers at KoSa, Shelby, North
Carolina. The workers produced filament polyester yarns.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined during the period of this investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
declining customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases
of polyester yarn. The survey revealed that customers of the
subject firm are increasingly relying on purchases of polyester
yarn from abroad while reducing purchases from the subject firm.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with filament polyester yarn produced at
KoSa, Shelby, North Carolina, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of KoSa, Shelby, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 22, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of June, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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