Employment and Training Administration

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

TA-W-42,161

LORIS INDUSTRIES, LLC
LORIS, SOUTH 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 eligi-
bility 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 23, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Loris Industries, Loris, South Carolina. Workers
produced spun yarns, primarily of acrylic and polyester staple
fibers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Loris Industries, LLC did not import spun yarns.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of spun yarn in the 2000-
2001 and January to September 2001-2002 time periods. All
respondents reported no imports in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Loris
Industries, Loris, South Carolina are denied eligibility 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/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance