98-24480. Tri Americas, Incorporated, A/K/A Try America, Incorporated, El Paso, TX; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48763-48764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24480]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34,655]


Tri Americas, Incorporated, A/K/A Try America, Incorporated, El 
Paso, TX; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening

    On August 25, 1998, the Department, on its own motion, reopened its 
investigation for workers and former workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on July 27, 1998, because the ``contributed importantly'' test 
of the Group Eligibility Requirements of the Trade Act was not met for 
workers at the subject firm. The workers produced men's high-end denim 
pants. The notice was published in the Federal Register on August 7, 
1998 (63 FR 42433).
    New information presented during a NAFTA-TAA petition investigation 
(NAFTA-2524) for the workers of the subject firm included a customer 
survey conducted by the Department for the time period relevant to the 
investigation. The survey results show that a major declining customer 
of the subject firm increased import purchases of jeans while 
decreasing purchases from the subject firm from 1996 to 1997

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and in January-June 1998 compared to January-June 1997.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with jeans produced by the subject firm contributed 
importantly to the decline in sales and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers of Tri Americas, Incorporated, also known as Try 
America, Incorporated, El Paso, Texas who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after May 27, 1997, are 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 28th day of August 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-24480 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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