DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,117

SUPERIOR ESSEX
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
TARBORO, 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 September 16, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers
at Superior Essex, Communication Group, Tarboro, North Carolina.
The workers at the subject firm produce copper
telecommunications wire and cable and are not separately
identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely during 2000 through 2001 and
also January through June in 2002 when compared to the same time
period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of copper telecommunications
wire and cable. This survey revealed increases in imports of
copper telecommunications wire and cable during the period under
investigation.
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 Superior
Essex, Communication Group, Tarboro, 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 Superior Essex, Communications Group,
Tarboro, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 28, 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 23rd day of October, 2002.





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