DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,020

CONTINENTAL FABRICS, INC.
ANGIER, 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
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 on September 17, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Continental Fabrics, Inc., Angier, North Carolina. Workers
produce warp knit fabric including tricot and simplex fabrics.
The investigation revealed that employment, production and
sales declined at the subject firm during the relevant period.
The subject firm does not import and has no plans to begin
importing.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject plants regarding their purchases of warp knit fabric
including tricot and simplex fabrics in 1999, 2000 and January to
November 2000 and 2001 time periods. Major customers reported
decreased purchases from the subject firm while increasing
imports of warp knit fabric including tricot and simplex fabrics.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has been
filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-5364).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Continental
Fabrics, Inc., Angier, North Carolina, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Continental Fabrics, Inc., Angier, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 29, 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 21st day of March 2002

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