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The New York State Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (NYS
TAAC) provides assistance on a cost share basis under the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Firms (TAA) program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
To become certified as eligible for the TAA program, companies must meet the
criteria shown below for employment, sales, and the effects of imports.
Employment
 •
A decline in average employment in the most recent 12 month
period
 compared
with the preceding 12, 24, or 36 month periods.
or
•
An interim decline in average employment in the most recent 6
month
period
compared with the same 6 month period in the prior year.
Sales
•
A decline in total sales or production in the most recent 12
month
period
compared with the preceding 12, 24, or 36 month periods.
or
•
An interim decline in sales or production in the most recent 6 month
period compared with the same 6 month period in the prior year.
or
•
A decline in sales or production of a major product or service in
the most recent 12 month period.
Effects of Imports
•
Similar imported products or services have contributed importantly
to the loss of sales and demonstrated by:
–
Customers reducing their purchases in favor of imported products or services.
or
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Quotations or bids that were lost in favor of imported products or services. |
