DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,735

ATCHISON PRODUCTS, INC.
BOONVILLE, MISSOURI

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 in response to a petition
received on August 6, 2001 on behalf of workers at Atchison
Products, Inc., Boonville, Missouri. The workers were engaged in
the production of promotional products.


The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined to zero on June 14, 2001 when the
Boonville, Missouri plant permanently shut down. The investiga-
tion further revealed that the subject firm increased its imports
of promotional products during the relevant period.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with promotional products produced at
Atchison Products, Inc., Boonville, Missouri, 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 Atchison Products, Inc., Boonville,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 14, 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 27th day of February, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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