DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,335

ACORDIS CELLULOSIC FIBERS, INC.
AXIS, ALABAMA

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 May 29, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Acordis Cellulosic
Fibers, Inc., Axis, Alabama. Workers are engaged in the
production of rayon fiber.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
A Department of Labor survey revealed that the major
customers of the subject firm did not import rayon fiber during
the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Acordis Cellulosic Fibers, Inc., Axis, Alabama are denied eligi-

bility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of July, 2001.


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