### Question
How is the term supplier defined?


### Answer
The term **supplier** is defined in *19 U.S.C. § 2272* as the following:

> a firm that produces and supplies directly to another firm component parts for articles, or services, used in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of eligibility under subsection (a) of this section of a group of workers employed by such other firm

#### Citation:
  - *19 U.S.C. § 2272*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 12-TRADE ACT OF 1974 > SUBCHAPTER II-RELIEF FROM INJURY CAUSED BY IMPORT COMPETITION > Part 2-Adjustment Assistance for Workers > subpart a-petitions and determinations**

