---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 202.2"
title: "19"
number: "202.2"
heading: "Applications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/202.2"
---

# §202.2. Applications.

- (a) **Who may file.** Applications for an investigation to which this part 202 relates may be filed by any firm, association of firms, or corporation engaged in the production of a domestic article, or by any duly authorized representative of the foregoing.
- (b) **Requirements for applications.** In addition to conforming with the requirements of [§ 201.8](/cfr/19/201.8.md) of this chapter, applications under this part 202 shall include the following:
  - (1) A clear statement that they are requests for investigations for the purposes of [section 336](/cfr/19/336.md);
  - (2) The name or description of the article concerning which an investigation is sought;
  - (3) A reference to the tariff provision or provisions applicable to such article; and
  - (4) **A statement indicating whether an increase or a decrease in the rate of duty is sought.**
- (c) **Supporting information.** The applicant must file with his application such supporting information as may be in his possession. As far as practicable, information of the following character should be furnished:
  - (1) **Comparability of the domestic and foreign articles and the degree of competition between them.**
  - (2) Trend in recent years of (i) domestic production, (ii) domestic sales, (iii) imports, (iv) costs of production, and (v) prices.
  - (3) **Evidence of difference between domestic and foreign costs of production of the articles involved.**
  - (4) Areas of greatest competition between the imported and domestic products and the principal market or markets in the United States.
  - (5) Other relevant factors that constitute, in the opinion of the applicant, an advantage or disadvantage in competition, and any other information which the applicant believes the Commission should consider.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 335, 72 Stat. 680; 19 U.S.C. 1335.

### Source

Source: 27 FR 12120, Dec. 7, 1962, unless otherwise noted.