DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,915 & NAFTA-5701
TREND TECHNOLOGIES
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS

Notice of Determination
on Reconsideration

By application dated May 16, 2002, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative
determinations regarding eligibility to apply for TAA (TA-W-
40,915) and NAFTA-TAA (NAFTA-5701) applicable to workers and
former workers of the subject firm. The denial notices were
signed on April 22, 2002 and May 3, 2002, respectively and
published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2002 (67 FR 22113)
and May 17, 2002 (67 FR 35142), respectively.
The initial TAA and NAFTA-TAA petition investigations for
workers at Trend Technologies, Round Rock, Texas (TA-W-40,915 &
NAFTA-5701) were denied based on the finding that sales and
production at the subject firm did not decline during the
relevant period.
The petitioner alleged that shifts in subject plant
production occurred and supplied various shipping invoices
depicting shifts in plant machinery to Guadalajara, Mexico during
the relevant period.
A review of the data furnished by the petitioner and further
clarification from the company shows that a meaningful portion of
subject plant production was shifted to Mexico during the
relevant period. The products produced in Mexico by Trend
Technologies are then sold to their customer located in Mexico.
The subject plant products are not imported back to the United
States, but incorporated into the customers' computer products.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers= firm to Mexico of articles that are like or
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers at Trend Technologies, Round Rock, Texas
(NAFTA-05701), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 30, 2000, through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply
for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974",
and
I affirm the original notice of negative determination of
eligibility to apply for TAA under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974 for workers and former workers of Trend Technologies,
Round Rock, Texas (TA-W-40,915).



Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of June 2002.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance