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Fees - Canada - USDA to charge truckers new inspection fees
TORONTO,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking/Canadian Press -5 Sept 2006: -- Canadian trucking companies and airlines are calling a new USDA levy on agricultural shipments nothing more than a cash-grab... The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to tack on new user fees for air passengers and trucking companies to pay for yet another security requirement... The U.S. says it is stepping up agricultural inspections of both travelers and commercial shipments at the Canada-U.S. border to prevent the threat of bioterrorism, pests, and disease...
To pay for the $77 million enforcement plan, people traveling by air from Canada to the U.S. will be charged $5 US, and truckers crossing the border will pay $5.25 US per crossing, or $105 annually...
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