DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,777

NEW ERA TEXTILE PARTS CO. LTD
GASTONIA, 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 February 11, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at New Era Textile Parts Co. LTD, Gastonia, North
Carolina. The workers produce card screens and card plates used
in the textile industry.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
New Era Textile Parts Co. LTD does not import card screens
and card plates.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
declining customers regarding their purchases of competitive
products. Results of this survey revealed that customers did not
import card screens and card plates in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of New
Era Textile Parts Co. LTD, Gastonia, North Carolina, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of March, 2002


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