DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,143

CAROLACE EMBROIDERY CO., INC.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

TA-W-39,143A

CAROLACE EMBROIDERY CO., INC.
RIDGEFIELD, NEW JERSEY

TA-W-39,143B

FNC TEXTILES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CAROLACE EMBROIDERY CO., INC.
HOPE MILL, NORTH CAROLINA

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
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 April 30, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Carolace Embroidery
Co., Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-39,143) and Ridgefield, New
Jersey (TA-W-39,143A) and FNC Textiles, Inc., a subsidiary of
Carolace Embroidery Co., Inc., Hope Mill, North Carolina (TA-W-
39,143B). The workers produce embroidery.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firms do not
import embroidery.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firms' major
declining customers revealed no increase in imports of embroidery.




Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Carolace
Embroidery Co., Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-39,143) and
Ridgefield, New Jersey (TA-W-39,143A) and FNC Textiles, Inc., a
subsidiary of Carolace Embroidery Co., Inc., Hope Mill, North
Carolina (TA-W-39,143B) engaged in employment related to the
production of embroidery, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of May, 2002.



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