DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,189

HITACHI ELECTRONIC DEVICES USA, INC.
GREENVILLE, SOUTH 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 in response to a petition
received on March 25, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Hitachi Electronic Devices USA, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina.
The workers produce color picture tubes and projection ray tubes.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely during the
relevant time period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of color picture tubes and
projection ray tubes during the relevant period.
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 at Hitachi
Electronic Devices USA, Inc., Greenville, South 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 Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of the Hitachi Electronic Devices USA, Inc.,
Greenville, South Carolina, engaged in employment related to
the production of color picture tubes and projection ray
tubes, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 2001, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 4th day of October, 2002.


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