Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 08/27/2000
Filed Date: 09/17/2001
Most Recent Update: 11/09/2001
Determination Date: 11/09/2001
Expiration Date: 11/09/2003
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-40,013
CROMPTON COLORS INCORPORATED
FORMERLY CROMPTON & KNOWLES COLORS INCORPORATED
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
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 September 17, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at Crompton Colors Incorporated, formerly Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey. The workers produced acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes.
The investigation revealed corporate-wide sales decreased in 2000 compared to 1999 and in January-July 2001 compared to the same period in 2000. Plant production and employment decreased in January-July 2001 compared to the same period in 2000. The subject plant will be closed permanently.
U.S. imports of basic dyes and preparations based thereon, described in additional U.S. note 3 to Section VI of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, increased in January-August 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
U.S. imports of basic dyes and preparations based thereon, not elsewhere specified or otherwise indicated, increased in January-August 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
The Department conducted a survey of the major customer of the subject plant regarding its purchases of acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes in 1999, 2000, and January-June 2001. The survey revealed that the respondent increased its purchases of acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes from other domestic sources wholly manufactured in a foreign country while decreasing its purchases of acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes from the subject plant in January-June 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
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 organic and intermediate dyes produced at Crompton Colors Incorporated formerly Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, 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 Crompton Colors Incorporated, formerly Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 27, 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 9th day of November, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Office, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
TA-W-40,013
CROMPTON COLORS INCORPORATED
FORMERLY CROMPTON & KNOWLES COLORS INCORPORATED
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
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 September 17, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at Crompton Colors Incorporated, formerly Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey. The workers produced acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes.
The investigation revealed corporate-wide sales decreased in 2000 compared to 1999 and in January-July 2001 compared to the same period in 2000. Plant production and employment decreased in January-July 2001 compared to the same period in 2000. The subject plant will be closed permanently.
U.S. imports of basic dyes and preparations based thereon, described in additional U.S. note 3 to Section VI of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, increased in January-August 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
U.S. imports of basic dyes and preparations based thereon, not elsewhere specified or otherwise indicated, increased in January-August 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
The Department conducted a survey of the major customer of the subject plant regarding its purchases of acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes in 1999, 2000, and January-June 2001. The survey revealed that the respondent increased its purchases of acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes from other domestic sources wholly manufactured in a foreign country while decreasing its purchases of acid dyes, basic dyes, direct dyes, dispersed dyes and solvent dyes from the subject plant in January-June 2001 compared to the same period in 2000.
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 organic and intermediate dyes produced at Crompton Colors Incorporated formerly Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, 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 Crompton Colors Incorporated, formerly Crompton & Knowles Colors Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 27, 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 9th day of November, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Office, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance