DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,338

HAMPTON CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
GULISTAN CARPET DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF RONILE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM MEGA FORCE STAFFING GROUP, INC.
ABERDEEN, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-82,338A

HAMPTON CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
GULISTAN CARPET DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF RONILE, INC.
WAGRAM, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied
by such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 14, 2013 on behalf of workers of Hampton
Capital Partners, LLC, Gulistan Carpet Division, a subsidiary
of Ronile, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Mega
Force Staffing Group, Inc., Aberdeen, North Carolina (TA-W-
82,338) and Hampton Capital Partners, LLC, Gulistan Carpet
Division, a subsidiary of Ronile, Inc., Wagram, North Carolina
(TA-W-82,338A) (Hampton Capital Partners). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of finished
carpet for domestic and commercial use.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of finished carpet for domestic and commercial
use by Hampton Capital Partners have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the article produced by Hampton Capital Partners have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on customer imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Hampton Capital Partners.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hampton Capital
Partners, LLC, Gulistan Carpet Division, a subsidiary of
Ronile, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Mega Force
Staffing Group, Inc., Aberdeen, North Carolina (TA-W-82,338)
and Hampton Capital Partners, LLC, Gulistan Carpet Division, a
subsidiary of Ronile, Inc., Wagram, North Carolina (TA-W-
82,338A), who are engaged in activities related to the
production of finished carpet for domestic and commercial use
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:


"All workers of Hampton Capital Partners, LLC, Gulistan
Carpet Division, a subsidiary of Ronile, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Mega Force Staffing Group,
Inc., Aberdeen, North Carolina (TA-W-82,338) and Hampton
Capital Partners, LLC, Gulistan Carpet Division, a
subsidiary of Ronile, Inc., Wagram, North Carolina (TA-W-
82,338A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 12, 2012 through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of February, 2013.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance