[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR357.102]

[Page 323-324]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 357--SHORT SUPPLY PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  357.102  Short supply allowances.

    (a) The Secretary will authorize a short supply allowance if:
    (1) The product is covered by an arrangement that provides for the 
authorization of a short supply allowance;
    (2) An adequate petition is filed with the Secretary requesting a 
short supply allowance with respect to the product; and
    (3) The Secretary determines that short supply exists with respect 
to the product.

The Secretary's short supply determination will be based only on 
information included in the official record. Any determination by the 
Secretary that is found to be based on inaccurate information will be 
reconsidered immediately.
    (b) Address and submit petitions and all other documents concerning 
a short supply review (accompanied by four copies) to the Secretary of 
Commerce, Attention: Import Administration, Room 7866, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street NW., Washington, DC 
20230. All documents submitted must reference

[[Page 324]]

the name or number of the particular short supply review.
    (c) The Secretary generally will consider petitions for short supply 
allowances for up to one calendar year. For annual requests for products 
that are produced domestically, but for which the domestic industry has 
minimal available production capacity, the Secretary may grant a short 
supply allowance for less than a full year, if the Secretary believes 
that the situation may be significantly altered prior to the end of one 
year.
    (d) If the Secretary grants only a portion of the short supply 
request, or grants a short supply allowance for less than a full year, 
the petitioner must file a new petition to receive an allowance for any 
subsequent period in the same year. The petitioner must file a new 
petition if it subsequently modifies its request to the extent that the 
modification represents a substantial change in its request.