DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,921

GULF FIBERS, INC.
AXIS, ALABAMA

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 March 4, 2002, and filed
by the company on behalf of workers at Gulf Fibers, Inc., Axis,
Alabama. The workers produced 15 denier mono filament nylon.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined during the period of this investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's customers regarding their purchases of 15 denier
mono filament nylon. The respondents indicated an increase in
import purchases of 15 denier mono filament nylon from abroad
during the relevant periods.


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 15 denier mono filament nylon produced
at Gulf Fibers, Inc., Axis, Alabama, contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Gulf Fibers, Inc., Axis, Alabama, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 16, 2001, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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