DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,078

AMERICAL CORPORATION
GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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 on September 9, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at
Americal Corporation, Goldsboro, North Carolina. The workers
produce sheer leg wear.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm decreased
imports of sheer leg wear from 2000 to 2001 and then again from
January through August 2002, when compared with the same time
period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of sheer leg wear. This survey
revealed no customer imports of sheer leg wear during the period
under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Americal
Corporation, Goldsboro, North Carolina, 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 November, 2002.

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