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APHIS Delays Fee Hike

R.G. Edmonson | Oct 2, 2009 2:59PM GMT
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Postponement until Nov. 1 to give companies time to prepare

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced that an inspection fee increase will be delayed until Nov. 1. The agency previously announced that the increase would take effect Oct. 1.

The delay will give companies that pay the fees more time to prepare for the new fees, APHIS said.

Last week APHIS announced agricultural quarantine and inspection fee increases averaging 10 percent. The agency said the increases were necessary to offset the loss of revenue due to reduced traffic volume at the border.

The announcement is in Friday’s Federal Register http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-23930.htm

Contact R.G. Edmonson at bedmonson@joc.com.

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