DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,452

AMERICAN PAPER TUBE
PORT GIBSON, MISSISSIPPI

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 in response to a petition
received on April 29, 2002 on behalf of workers at American Paper
Tube, Port Gibson, Mississippi. The workers produce paper bobbins.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import paper bobbins.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of paper bobbins in 2000
through March of 2002. They reported no imports.
Petitioners allege that declines in production and employment
at American Paper Tube are attributable to imports of yarns and
finished garments like that produced by customers of the subject
firm. Under the Trade Act of 1974 imports of final products such
as yarns and finished garments cannot, however, be used as the
basis for certification of firms producing paper bobbins. In this
case, imports of paper bobbins would be the only basis for
certification, and there is no allegation or evidence that
increased imports of paper bobbins adversely affected production or
employment at American Paper Tube.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at American
Paper Tube, Port Gibson, Mississippi, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of August, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance