DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,236

KAYBY MILLS OF NC, INC.
TRIMFIT, INC.
THOMASVILLE, 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 in response to a petition
received on April 8, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at Kayby
Mills of NC, Inc., Trimfit, Inc., Thomasville, North Carolina. The
workers produce hosiery products such as socks, tights, and
pantyhose. The workers are separately identifiable by product
line.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001.
The investigation further revealed an increase in company
imports of hosiery products such as socks, tights, and pantyhose
during the relevant time period.
A petition for eligibility for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment
Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm
(NAFTA-6005).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with hosiery products such as socks,
tights, and pantyhose, produced at Kayby Mills of NC, Inc.,
Trimfit, Inc., Thomasville, 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 Act, I make the following certification:



"All workers of the Kayby Mills of NC, Inc., Trimfit, Inc.,
Thomasville, North Carolina engaged in employment related to
the production of hosiery products such as socks, tights, and
pantyhose, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 30, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 29th day of April, 2002.

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