[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1376]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-29,037]
Simonds Industries, Incorporated; Newcomerstown, OH; Notice of
Revised Determination on Reconsideration
The Department, on its own motion, has reconsidered its negative
determination in Former Employees of United States Steel Workers of
America, Locals 2391 & 3225 v. Robert Reich, No. 94-02-00125, U.S.
Court of International Trade. As a result of this reconsideration, the
Department is now certifying the workers of Simonds Industries,
Incorporated (``Simonds''), in Newcomerstown, Ohio, as eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
The Department's December 3, 1993, negative determination for
workers of the subject firm was issued on the basis that the survey of
Simonds customers showed increased imports by respondents with reduced
purchases from the subject firm were not important in relation to the
sales decline during the periods under investigation. New investigation
findings, however, show that Simonds' major declining customers in 1991
to 1992, and in the January-June 1992-1993 time periods increased their
reliance on imports of industrial files. The declining customers'
purchases of imported industrial files as a percent of the Simonds'
sales decline was negligible from 1991 to 1992, but increased
significantly in January-June 1993 compared to January-June 1992.
Other new findings in the investigation show that while the value
of aggregate U.S. imports of files and rasps, including rotary type
declined in 1992 compared to 1991 and in the twelve-month period ending
June 1993 compared to the same time period in 1992, the quantity of
imports increased.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, it is concluded that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with industrial files produced at Simonds
Industries, Incorporated, Newcomerstown, Ohio contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers at subject firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following revised
determination:
``All workers of Simonds Industries, Incorporated,
Newcomerstown, Ohio who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 8, 1992 are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''
Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of December 1995.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-1376 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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